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Louis IX Orders the Seizure of Copies of the Talmud in France

6/3/1240

Portrait of Louis IX. from Bible Moralisée, created in Paris, from 1227-1234. Morgan Library & Museum. MS M.240

Responding to the 1239 order of Pope Gregory IX, Louis IX of France ordered the seizure, and destruction of copies of the Talmud in France. Louis was the only European ruler to follow the Pope's order.

Marcus, The Jew in the Medieval World. A Source Book: 315-1791, rev. ed. (1999) 163

Timeline Themes

Social / Political

Destruction / Loss of Information

Religious Texts / Religion

Prejudice / Persecution / Antisemitism