Nicholas de Tudeschis (1445) (Panormitanus),
Detail of Stained Glass Window in Church of St. Die des Vosges
Photo Courtesy of Meredith Lillich
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Higher Norms v. Positive Law v. Geography
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Themes Found in a Survey of the Consilia of 10 late medieval and early modern Jurists
1. Coerced Conversions, Baptisms
(Ulrich Zasius (1461-1535)
2. Usury
3. Manifest Usury Abrogates Legal Documents (e.g. contracts and Wills)
4. Sexual Congress with Christians,
5. Owning Christian Slaves
6. Employing Christian Servants
7. Defiling Christian Religious Symbols
8. Blaspheming Christian Religion and/or Clergy
9. Jurisdiction of Christian courts
10. City States' Statutes applicable to Jews?
11. Harboring Lapsed Jewish Converts
Christian Zendri, Umanesimo giuridico ed ebraismo: La questione del battesimo invitis partentibus nel pensiero di Ulrich Zasius con l'editione e la traduzione delle Questiones de parvulis iudeorum baptisandis (1508). Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche Università di Trento 98 (Milan: CEDAM, 2011)
Aviad M Kleinberg, “Depriving Parents of the Consolation of Children: Two Legal Consilia on the Baptism of Jewish Children,” De Sion exhibit lex et verbum domini de Hierusalem: Essays on Medieval Law, Liturgy, and Literature in Honour of Amnon Linder, ed. Yitzhak Hen (Turnholt: 2001) 129-144