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Rothenburg

Subject Religion » Judaism

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631187288.1992.x

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City in Bavaria, southern Germany. Its Jewish population dates from the 12th century. In the 13th century Meir ben Baruch settled there and attracted students to the city, but in 1298 the community was devastated during the Rindfleisch persecutions. The Jews were attacked again in 1349 in one of the series of massacres sparked off by the Black Death. Expulsions of the Jewish community from Rothenburg took place in the later 14th century and again in 1520. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica

Edited by: Dan Cohn-Sherbok
eISBN: 9780631187288
Print publication date: 1992

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