[142] Spangenberg. Loc. cit.
[143] Guillelm. de Nangis.—Dlugoss. Loc. cit.
[144] Albert. Argentinens.
[145] Spangenberg describes a similar scene which took place at Kostnitz.
[146] Guillelm de Nang.—Raynald.
[147] Histor. Landgrav. Thuring. in Pistor. Loc. cit. Vol. I. p. 948.
[148] Anonym. Leobiens, in Pez. Loc. cit.
[149] 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 praesentia percepturis, ego Johannes dictus de Wedel Advocatus, inclyti Principis Domini, Ludovici, Marchionis, publice profiteor et recognosco, quod nomine Domini mei civitaten Königsberg visitavi et intravi, et ex parte Domini Marchionis Consulibus ejusdem civitatis in adjutorium mihi assumtis, Judaeos inibi morantes igne cremavi, bonaque omnia eorundem Judaeorum ex parte Domini mei totaliter usurpavi et assumsi. In cujus testimonum praesentibus meum sigillum appendi. Datum A. D. 1351. in Vigilia S. Matthaei Apostoli.
[150] Basnage Histoire des Juifs. A la Haye, 1716. 8vo. T. IX. Pt. II. Liv. IX. ch. 23. §. 12–24. p. 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. p. 8–262.
[151] Albert Argentinens.