| [146] _Spangenberg_, loc. cit. | | | | [147] _Guillelm. de Nangis._—_Dlugoss_, loc. cit. | | | | [148] _Albert. Argentinens._ | | | | [149] _Spangenberg_ describes a similar scene which took place at | | Kostnitz. | | | | [150] _Guillelm. de Nang.—Raynald._ | | | | [151] Histor. Landgrav. _Thuring._ in _Pistor._ loc. cit. Vol. I. | | p. 948. | | | | [152] Anonym. _Leobiens_, in _Pez._ loc. cit. | | | | [153] _Spangenberg._ In the county of Mark, the Jews were no better | | off than in the rest of Germany. Margrave _Ludwig_, the Roman, even | | countenanced their persecutions, of which _Kehrberg_, loc. cit. | | 241. gives the following official account: Coram cunctis Christi | | fidelibus præsentia percepturis, ego _Johannes_ dictus _de Wedel_ | | Advocatus, inclyti Principis Domini, _Ludovici_, Marchionis, | | publice profiteor et recognosco, quod nomine Domini mei civitatem | | Königsberg visitavi et intravi, et ex parte Domini Marchionis | | Consulibus ejusdem civitatis in adjutorium mihi assumtis, _Judæos | | inibi morantes igne cremavi_, bonaque omnia eorundem Judæorum | | ex parte Domini mei totaliter usurpavi et assumsi. In cujus | | testimonium præsentibus meum sigillum appendi. Datum A.D. 1351. in | | Vigilia S. Matthæi Apostoli. | | | | [154] _Basnage_, Histoire des Juifs. A la Haye, 1716. 8vo. T. IX. | | Part 2. Liv. IX. Chap. 23. §. 12. 24. pp. 664. 679. This valuable | | work gives an interesting account of the state of the Jews of the | | middle ages. Compare _J. M. Jost’s_ History of the Israelites from | | the time of the Maccabees to the present day. T. VII. Berlin, 1827. | | 8vo. pp. 8. 262. | | | | [155] _Albert. Argentinens._ | | | | [156] _Hermann._ _Gygas._ loc. cit. | | |