The Historical Writings of Joseph of Rosheim: Leader of Jewry in Early Modern Germany (Studies in European Judaism)

CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE......Page 12
ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES......Page 14
R. Joseph of Rosheim—His Life......Page 16
R. Joseph’s Era......Page 18
The Legal Status of the Jews in Germany in the Sixteenth Century......Page 25
R. Joseph’s Defence of Jewish Interests in Governmental Circles......Page 29
R. Joseph’s Chronicle and Historiographical Approach......Page 54
R. Joseph’s Other Historical Writings......Page 71
INTRODUCTION TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE CHRONICLE [1] 5231 (1470/71) The Endingen Affair......Page 86
[2] 5236–5237 (1475–1477) The Burgundy War and the Incursion of the Swiss Army......Page 96
[3] 5263–5265 (1503–1505) The War of the Bavarian Succession......Page 105
[4,7,10] 5266–5267, 5275, 5282 (1505–1507, 1514/15, 1521/22) The Oberehnheim Affair......Page 110
[5] 5270 (1509/10) R. Joseph’s Office; the Brandenburg and Pfefferkorn Affairs......Page 120
The Brandenburg Affair......Page 132
The Pfefferkorn Affair......Page 142
[6] 5274 (1513/14) The Mittelbergheim Affair......Page 147
[7] 5275 (1514/15) The Threat of Expulsion from the Bishopric of Strasbourg and the Region of Andlau......Page 148
[8] 5279 (1518/19) The Expulsion from Regensburg and Dangolsheim......Page 150
[9] 5280 (1519/20) The New Emperor......Page 156
[10] 5282 (1521/22) The Diet of Nuremberg......Page 159
[11] 5285 (1524/25) The Peasants War......Page 166
[12] 5288 (1527/28) The Events in the Hagenau Region......Page 180
[13] 5289 (1528/29) The Pösing Martyrs......Page 183
[14] 5290 (1529/30) The Jews and the Turks......Page 201
[15] 5290 (1529/30) The Diet of Augsburg......Page 205
[16] 5291 (1530/31) The Brabant Affair......Page 213
[17] 5292 (1531/32) The Regensburg Diet of 1532 and the Solomon Molcho Affair......Page 216
[18] 5293 (1532/33) The Silesia Libel......Page 228
[19] 5293–5295 (1532–1535) The North African War......Page 242
[ 20] 5294 (1533/34) The Prague Affair......Page 248
[21] 5296 (1535/36) “Talebearing and Bad Men”......Page 260
[ 22] 5297 (1536/37) The Expulsion from Saxony......Page 261
[ 23] 5301 (1540/41) The 1541 Diet and the Expulsion from Naples......Page 268
[ 24] 5301 (1540/41) The Tittingen Libel......Page 273
[ 25] 5302 (1541/42) The Expulsion from Prague......Page 278
[ 26] 5304 (1543/44) The Würzburg Libel......Page 285
[ 27] 5305 (1544/45) The Diet of Worms......Page 293
The Expulsion From Esslingen......Page 301
The Expulsion from Landau......Page 307
The Territories of the Archbishop of Mainz......Page 310
[ 28–29] 5306–5307 (1545–1547) The 1546 Diet and the Schmalkaldic War......Page 313
THE CHRONICLE......Page 332
THE LETTER OF CONSOLATION Historical Background......Page 369
R. Joseph and the “Letter of Consolation”......Page 379
The Letter of Consolation: Text......Page 386
The Letter of Consolation: Translation......Page 392
APPENDIX 1A The 1530 Economic Document......Page 406
An Abridged Translation of the 1530 Economic Document1......Page 412
APPENDIX 1B The 1536 Economic Document......Page 417
The 1536 Economic Document: Text......Page 419
An Abridged Translation of the 1536 Economic Document......Page 423
APPENDIX 2 Letter to the Strasbourg City Council, July 1543......Page 427
Text of the Letter of July 1543......Page 429
Translation of the Letter of July 1543......Page 437
APPENDIX 3 A Hebrew Fragment About the Events of 1551–1552......Page 447
Translation of MS Oxford-Bodleian Opp. 712, fol. 293......Page 449
AFTERWORD......Page 453
INDEX OF PERSONS......Page 460
INDEX OF PLACES......Page 465
INDEX OF SUBJECTS......Page 469