The Jew in the medieval world : a source book, 315-1791
Presents 137 documents (in 96 chapters) relating to individual Jews or Jewish communities, mainly from the time of Constantine the Great to the emancipation of the Jews by the French Revolution. Pt. 1 (p. 1-97), "The State and the Jew", contains decrees and laws from the Roman period to Frederick II of Prussia regulating Jewish life in various countries; many of them imposed restrictions on the Jews. Documents also describe the persecution of Jews during the Black Death, the expulsions from Spain and Portugal, and difficulties experienced by Jews who settled in North America. Pt. 2 (p. 99-182), "The Church and the Jew", contains Church decrees against Jews and against Christian communication with them, documents on medieval anti-Jewish prejudices, and excerpts from the anti-Jewish writings of Ambrose and Luther. Includes two documents pertaining to the Chmielnicki massacres. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)
Print Book, English, 1938
The Union of American Hebrew congregations, Cincinnati, 1938