Pictures of German Life in the XVth, XVIth, and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.

by Gustav Freytag

CHAPTER XI.

Jesuits and Jews--Decay of the Church--Protestants and Catholics--The Jesuits also weaker--Position of the Jews since the middle ages--Their lucrative business--The Jews at Prague Story of Simon Abeles--Victory of humanity over religious intolerance