Participants
Anne Oravetz Albert, University of Pennsylvania, USA
· The Herem as the Source of Authority of the Lay Governing CouncilYaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
· Jews at the Court of the KadiMiriam Bodian, University of Texas at Austin, USA
· Evasion as a Legal Tactic: The 1616 Amsterdam Regulations Concerning the JewsEdward Fram, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
· Expanding Legal Horizons?David Horowitz, Columbia University, USA
· Challenging Herem in Hamburg, 1732Decree of the Hamburg Senate in Response to Josel Joseph Jonas' Petition
Letter of Josel Joseph Jonas to the Senate in Hamburg
Petition of the Jewish Elders of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Hamburg
Supplication of Josel Josef Jonas of Hamburg
Letter of Josel Joseph Jonas to the Senate in Hamburg
Petition of the Jewish Elders of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Hamburg
Supplication of Josel Josef Jonas of Hamburg
Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria ,
· Takkanot Kahal and the origin of communal structures in a Franconian village community in the 17th centuryBenjamin Ravid, Brandeis University, USA
· When the Indelible Sacrament of Baptism Met Mercantile Raison d'EtatPaolo Sarpi, the Venetian Consultore in Iure, on the case of Simon Gomez
The Expulsion of the Marranos From Venice
The First Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
The Second Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
The Expulsion of the Marranos From Venice
The First Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
The Second Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
Barbara Staudinger, Institute for Jewish History in Austria, Austria
· Under imperial Protection? Jewish Presence on the Imperial Aulic Court in the 16th and 17th CenturiesSupplication of Samuel Ullman to Emperor Ferdinand II in case of restitution ct. the Landgraf Wilhelm of Leuchtenberg, s. D.
Supplication of the Franconian Jews to Emperor Maximilian II in case of a ritual murder accusation, s. D.
Supplication of the Franconian Jews to Emperor Maximilian II in case of a ritual murder accusation, s. D.