"Conflict of Duties," controversial work, 238.
Conrad of Wintertur, defends the Jews, 106, 108.
Conservateur, protector of the French Jews, 130.
"Consolation for the Sorrows of Israel," by Samuel Usque, 558–561.
Constance, Jews of, persecuted, 105.
Constance, council of, 215, 218, 248.
condemns Vincent Ferrer, 217.
deposes Benedict XIII, 216.
elects Martin V pope, 219.
sentences Huss, 221.
Constantine, Jews settle in, 197.
Constantine, emperor, alluded to, 267.
Constantine Dragosses, alluded to, 267.
Constantinople, fall of, 267.
Jews of, 402–404.
Jews permitted in, 268.
Karaites settle in, 269.
Karaite stronghold, 69.
rabbis of, issue a ban against Paul IV, 580.
"Constitutions," Inquisition code, 326, 328.
in Portugal, 508.
Conti, Vincent, publisher, 583–584.
Contra-Remonstrants, religious sect in Holland, 673–674.
"Contrasts and Greatness of Constantinople," by Moses Almosnino, 608.
Controversial literature, 231–238.
Conversions to Christianity, 48, 56, 107, 111, 126, 137, 150, 169, 171, 172, 175, 177, 179, 191, 205, 206, 214, 215, 224, 232–233, 245–246, 247, 254, 262, 288, 298, 301, 334–335, 361, 375–378, 380, 440, 570, 706.
Conversions, forcible, forbidden by popes, 165, 173.
Cordova, Inquisition at, 325.
Jews of, persecuted, 169.
Marranos in, 484.
Marranos massacred in, 281–282.
Corfu, Spanish exiles in, 363, 364, 384.
Coronel. See Benveniste, Abraham.
Coronel, David, Senior, official at Recife, 693.
Costa, da, Emanuel, Marrano, 520–521.
"Correction of the False Teacher," controversial work, 234.
Costnitz. See Constance.
"Counsels and Lessons," poem by Santob de Carrion, 115.
Court Jews at Vienna, 702.
Coutinho, Ferdinand, bishop, defends Marranos, 500.
opposes forced conversions, 375.
quoted, 376.
Cracow, Jews of, massacred, 111.
second Jewish community in Poland, 632.
Creation, Kabbalistic term, 619.
Cremona, Jews of, expelled, 660.
Talmudic center, 582.
Crescas Barfat, imprisoned, 150.
Crescas, Chasdaï. See Chasdaï ben Abraham Crescas.
Crescas Vidal, partisan of Abba-Mari, 28–29.
Cretensis, Elias. See Del Medigo, Elias.
"Crown of Israel," Toledo, 136.
Curiel, Jacob, Portuguese agent, 681, 692.
Cusa, de, Nicholas, cardinal, hostile to Jews, 255.
Czechowic, Martin, Unitarian, 648.
Dafiera, Solomon, poet, 230.
Dalburg, bishop, alluded to, 454.
Damascus, exiles settle in, 399–400.
Daniel, book of, commented, 482.
interpretation of, 120.
prophecies of, 149.
Daniel, friend of Immanuel Romi, 66.
Dante compared with Immanuel Romi, 65, 66, 67.
quoted, 325.
Daroca, conversions in, 206, 214.
Daud (David), physician, hostile to Joseph Nassi, 598–599.
Dauphiné, Jews protected in, 177.
David, king, as a character in Immanuel Romi's work, 67.
David, an immigrant, urges Jews to go to Turkey, 271.
"Day of Hosannas" in Lurya's system, 626.
Deckendorf (Deggendorf), Jews of, massacred, 98–99.
Del Barco, Juan Lopez, Spanish inquisitor, 312.
Del Medigo, Elias, classical scholar, 290–293, 386, 406.
relation to Judah Menz, 295.
Delmedigo, Judah, rabbi, 406.
Della Rovere, Francesco Maria, duke of Urbino, 501, 657.
Della Ruvere, Marco, nuncio, 514.
Desfar, Juan, governor of Palma, 246.
Desmaëstre, Bonastruc, delegate at the Tortosa disputation, 208.
Deutz, Cologne Jews settle at, 227.
Deza, second inquisitor-general of Spain, 356, 483–484.
Dias, André, assassin of Henrique Nunes, 490.
"Dialogues of Love," work by Judah Abrabanel, 480–481.
Diego de Valencia, convert, 181.
Diokna Kadisha, holy likeness, 538.
Divorces among Kabbalists, 626–627.
Dominicans denounce Jews and Hussites, 222, 226.
in the Reuchlin-Pfefferkorn quarrel. See Chapter XIV.
plot to expel the Marranos from Portugal, 486–488.
Doria, Andrea, doge, 555.
protects the Jews of Genoa, 554.
Doria, Giannettino, alluded to, 555.
"Doubts of the Religion of Jesus," controversial work, 235.
Duran. See Profiat Duran, Simon ben Zemach Duran, Solomon Duran, and Simon Duran II.
Du Guesclin, Bertrand, captain of the "white company," 123, 124, 126, 137.
"Eben Bochan," controversial work, 142, 143.
Ecija, Jews of, persecuted, 170.
Eck, Dr. John, and the Jews, 546–547.
Edict of Banishment from Spain, 347–348.
Edict of Grace, 315.
Edles, Samuel, Talmudist, 703.
Educational institutions (Hebrew), 48, 133, 145, 410, 681, 685.
Efodi (Ephodæus). See Profiat Duran.
Efrati, Amram, alluded to, 162.
Egidio de Viterbo, cardinal, 564, 583.
and the Kabbala, 481.
disciple of Elias Levita, 472.
opposes the Portuguese Inquisition, 507.
quoted, 457.
Eisenach, Jews of, slaughtered, 109.
Eleazar ben Joseph, martyr, 49.
Eliano Vittorio, grandson of Elias Levita, convert, 564.
editor of the Cremona Zohar, 584.
hostile to the Talmud, 583.
Elias Levita, Hebrew grammarian, 471, 473.
grandsons of, 564.
invited into France, 473–474.
Elizabeth, of England, alluded to, 664.
Emden, Marranos in, 665.
Emek ha-Bacha, work by Joseph Cohen, 590, 608.
"Emunoth," Kabbalistic work, 197.
En-Sof, Kabbalistic term, 14.
En-Zag Vidal de Tolosa, rabbi, 155.
"Enemy of the Jews, The," second pamphlet by Pfefferkorn, 427.
England at war with Castile, 142.
Enns, Jews of, charged with host-desecration, 223.
Enoch, book of, source for the Kabbala, 17.
"Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum," a satire, 461–462.
Erasmus, humanist, 432, 433.
quoted, 462–463.
Erfurt, Jews of, perish, 109.
Eschenloer, quoted, 262.
Escrivão, assistant of Ar-Rabbi Mor, 159.
Eski-Crim, Karaite stronghold, 71.
Esperaindo, de, Juan, assassin of Arbues, 330.
Estella, Jews of, persecuted, 77–78.
Esther (Esterka), wife of Casimir the Great, 112.
Esther, book of, Spanish translation of, 148.
Etampes, d', Count, protector of the French Jews, 130, 132.
Eugenius IV, pope, 253, 275.
approves of John of Capistrano, 257–258.
confirms the privileges of the Jews, 249.
hostile to Jews, 229, 249, 250–252.
Evora, Inquisition at, 508.
Ezekiel, prophet, as a character in Immanuel Romi's work, 67.
"Ezer ha-Emuna," controversial work, 141.
Fagius, Paulus, establishes a Hebrew press, 474.
Falaquera, Shem-Tob, philosopher, 24.
Falcos, Jews of, persecuted, 78.
Falero, Abraham Aboab, builds a synagogue at Hamburg, 691.
Farnese, Alexander, cardinal, protects the Jews, 567.
Faro, count of, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 338.
Farissol, Abraham, geographer, and controversialist, 411–413.
Father, Kabbalistic term, 19.
Ferdinand and Isabella, of Spain,
and Isaac Abrabanel, 343.
appoint an inquisitor-general, 324.
blamed for expulsion of the Jews, 356.
censured by Sixtus IV, 318–319.
decree the expulsion of the Jews, 346–348.
protect and employ Jews, 336.
treaty with Boabdil, 345.
See also Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Isabella, of Castile.
Ferdinand I, emperor, and Joseph Nassi, 597, 601.
banishes Jews from Bohemia, 544–545.
expels Jews from Austria and Bohemia, 585–586.
Ferdinand II, emperor, and the Hamburg Jews, 689.
introduces conversion sermons, 706.
levies a war-tax upon Jews, 701–702.
Ferdinand III, emperor, extends the privileges of the Bohemian Jews, 707.
Ferdinand I, of Aragon (Infante of Castile), regent of Castile, 194.
authorizes a disputation, 207.
lays restrictions upon the Jews of Castile, 203–204.
made king of Aragon, 205, 206.
Ferdinand II, of Aragon, V, of Castile (the Catholic), 284, 309, 384, 385.
approves of the Inquisition, 310–311.
his greed, 325–326.
his marriage, 280.
obtains the Inquisition for Aragon, 319.
threatens Navarre, 357.
See also Ferdinand and Isabella, and Isabella, of Castile, 340–341.
Ferdinand, of Braganza, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 338, 340–341.
Ferdinand IV, of Castile, advised by Jews, 51.
Ferdinand I, of Naples, 287, 383.
receives Jewish exiles, 358–360.
Ferdinand, of Portugal, Jews under, 158–159.
Ferdinand, of Tuscany, receives exiled Jews, 659.
Ferrara, Jewish printing houses in, 289.
Jews of, endangered, 660–661.
Jews settle in, 544.
Marranos of, unfortunate, 581.
Ferrer. See Ibn-Labi, Vidal ben Benveniste.
Ferrer, Vincent, 233, 239, 246, 296.
converts Jews, 214–215.
his character, 200–202.
in Aragon, 205–206.
opposed by João I, of Portugal, 218.
preaches against Benedict XIII, 216–217.
preaches Christianity in synagogues, 204–205.
Ferrus, Pero, convert, ridicules Jews, 181.
Fettmilch, Vincent, and the Jews of Frankfort, 696–700.
Fez, Jews in, 390.
Marranos emigrate to, 179.
Spanish exiles settle in, 361.
Firme-Fé. See Nunes, Henrique.
Fiesco's conspiracy, alluded to, 555.
Flagellants persecute Jews, 111, 112.
Florence, commerce of, 285.
Jews of, protected, 297.
Foligno, di, Ananel, convert, denounces the Talmud, 564.
Forli, synod held at, 218, 219.
Formation, Kabbalistic term, 619.
"Fortalitium Fidei," work by Alfonso de Spina, 277, 415.
"Fortress, The," controversial work, 234.
Fraga, conversions in, 214.
France and Joseph Nassi, 597–599.
France, Jews of, and lepers, 57.
and the ban against science, 40.
banished, 46, 48, 175–177.
claimed as "servi cameræ," 47.
fix the conditions of their return, 53–54, 129–131.
hardships of the, 48–50.
impoverished, 128–129.
massacred by the Shepherds, 55–57.
persecuted, 57–58, 151–152.
privileges extended, 54, 131–132, 150.
protest against Meïr Halevi, 152–153.
Talmudical studies, 133.
usurers, 174.
wear badges, 131.
France, southern (Provence), clergy of, hostile to Jews, 132.
Jews of, persecuted, 53, 102–103, 173.
philosophers in, 87.
See also Provence.
Francis I, of France, patron of Hebrew learning, 473–474.
Franco, Christoval (Mordecai) Mendes, Portuguese Marrano in Holland, 667.
Franco, Nicolo, papal nuncio, 310.
Franconia, Jews of, expelled, 259–260.
seat of the Rindfleisch persecution, 35–36.
Frankfort-on-the-Main, confiscation of Hebrew books at, 429–431, 437–438, 439.
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Jews of, burn themselves, 109.
expelled, 698.
in the seventeenth century, 694–695.
mocked at, 299.
persecuted, 696–699.
threatened, 417, 463–464.
under restrictions, 700.
Frederick, elector of Saxony, protector of Luther, 469.
Frederick, elector palatine, alluded to, 678.
Frederick III, emperor, 249, 416.
and the Jews of Ratisbon, 303–306.
Jewish favorite of, 224.
Jews under, 293, 294.
protects Jews, 413–414.
Frederick, the Valiant, archduke of Austria, friendly to Jews, 111.
Frohbach, alluded to, 638.
Funes, Jews of, persecuted, 78.
Furin al-Mizrayim, Cairo Purim, 396.
Galatino, and the Kabbala, 481, 583.
Galilee, Kabbalistic center, 617.
Gallaico, Elisha, indicts Azarya deï Rossi, 616.
Gama, da, Vasco, alluded to, 367.
Gans, David, historian, 638–639.
Gaon of Castile, 230.
Garcilaso, Spanish ambassador, 379.
Gardien, protector of the French Jews, 130.
Gascogne, Jews of, perish, 56.
Gematria, Kabbalistic term, 5.
Gemmingen, von, Uriel, elector and archbishop, addresses Maximilian I, 431.
appointed to examine Hebrew books, 441.
imperial commissioner, 437.
interferes in the Reuchlin trial, 452.
opposes Pfefferkorn, 430, 431.
See Chapter XIV.
Geneva (lake), scene of a Jewish persecution, 103–104, 105.
Genoa, commerce of, 285.
Jews of, banished, 554.
Spanish exiles in, 362–363.
German language cultivated by Polish Jews, 421.
Germans in the Middle Ages, 422–423.
Germany, cities of, re-admit Jews, 127–128.
Germany, Jews of, and the ban against science, 40.
and the confiscation of Hebrew books, 438.
in the seventeenth century, 694–702.
intellectual decay among the, 96, 133–135, 227.
observe a fast day, 225–226.
oppose Pfefferkorn, 427.
persecuted, 96, 97, 98, 218.
poll-tax imposed on, 96–97, 166.
privileges confirmed, 219.
protected by emperors, 36, 98.
speak a jargon, 388–389.
under Emperor Frederick III, 293–294.
See also cities of Germany.
Germany, North, Jews of, few in number, 111.
Germany, southern, Jews of,
charged with the blood-accusation, 227.
treated with hostility, 258.
George, elector of Bavaria, and Reuchlin, 454–455.
Gerlach, archbishop, obtains "servi cameræ," 128.
Gerona, seat of the Kabbala, 1.
Jews of, massacred, 172.
Geronimo de Santa Fé (Joshua Lorqui), convert, 200, 231, 232, 234, 238, 256.
and the Tortosa disputation, 207, 208–209.
as the censor of the Talmud, 213.
called "The Calumniator," 217.
employed as a conversionist, 206, 207.