Chapter XIII: Book XII

CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF OFFICIAL OPPRESSION,
AND THE THOROUGH EXTINCTION OF
HERETICAL SECTS.

TITLE I.--_Concerning the Exercise of Moderation in
Judicial Decisions, and the Avoiding of Oppression
by Those Invested with Authority._

I. Concerning the Admonition of the King, by which
Judges are Ordered to Display Moderation in the
Administration of Justice 359

II. No Official, Invested with Power Over the People and
Supervision Over their Acts, shall Subject them to
Unnecessary Expense, or Other Impositions 360

TITLE II.--_Concerning the Eradication of the Errors
of all Heretics and Jews._

I. Laws Having Been Given to True Believers, it is Now
Necessary to Place Restraints upon Infidels 363

II. Concerning the Renunciation of the Errors of all
Heresies 364

III. Concerning the Laws Promulgated on Account of the
Wickedness of the Jews 365

IV. Concerning the Extirpation of the Errors of the Jews
in General 366

V. Jews shall not Celebrate the Passover According to
their Custom 367

VI. Jews shall not Contract Marriage According to their
Custom 367

VII. Jews shall not Perform the Rite of Circumcision 367

VIII. Jews shall not Divide their Food into Clean and
Unclean, According to their Custom 367

IX. No Jew shall Subject a Christian to Torture 368

X. No Jew shall Testify Against a Christian; and Under
what Circumstances the Descendants of Jews may
Testify 368

XI. No Jew shall Circumcise a Christian Slave 369

XII. Concerning the Penalties to be Inflicted for Offences
Committed by Jews 369

XIII. Concerning Christian Slaves who are Known to have
been Sold or Liberated by Jews 369

XIV. Under no Circumstances shall Christian Slaves Attach
themselves to Jews, or be Admitted into their
Sect 371

XV. All Christians are Forbidden to Defend or Protect a
Jew by Either Force or Favor 374

XVI. Memorial of the Jews Presented to the King 375

XVII. Concerning Judaizing Christians 376

XVIII. Concerning the Perfidy of the Jews 377

TITLE III.--_Concerning New Laws against the Jews, in
which Old Ones are Confirmed, and New Ones are Added._

I. Concerning Old Laws Enacted Against the Transgressions
of the Jews, and the Confirmation of the Same 382

II. Concerning Blasphemers Against the Holy Trinity 384

III. Jews shall not Absent themselves, or Remove their
Children or Slaves, to Avoid the Blessing of
Baptism 385

IV. Jews shall not Celebrate the Passover According to
their Custom, or Practice Circumcision, or Induce
any Christian to Renounce the Church of Christ 385

V. Jews shall not Presume to Keep the Sabbath, or
Celebrate Festival Days, According to their Ritual 386

VI. Every Jew shall Cease from Labor on Sunday, and
on all Appointed Holidays 387

VII. Jews shall not make any Distinction in their Food,
According to their Custom 388

VIII. A Jew shall not Marry a Person Nearly Related to
him by Blood, or Contract Marriage without the
Benediction of a Priest 388

IX. Jews who Insult our Religion, while Attempting to
Defend their own Sect, shall not Betake
themselves Elsewhere; nor shall Anyone Shelter
them while Fugitives 389

X. No Christian shall Accept a Gift from a Jew, to the
Detriment of the Christian Faith 390

XI. Jews shall not Dare to Read Such Books as the Christian
Faith Rejects 391

XII. Christian Slaves shall not Serve, or Associate with,
Jews 392

XIII. Where a Jew Declares that he is a Christian, and, for
this Reason, does not Wish to Dispose of a Christian
Slave 393

XIV. The Confession of Jews; and, In What way Each One
of Them, who is Converted, must Write Down the
Proof of his Conversion 395

XV. Conditions under which Jews must Make Oath, when,
having been Converted, they give in their
Confession of Faith 397

XVI. Concerning the Christian Slaves of Jews, who have not
Proclaimed themselves Christians, and those who
Expose Them 401

XVII. No Jew, under any Authority whatever, shall Dare to
Oppress, Punish, or Imprison a Christian, Except
by Order of the King 401

XVIII. If Slaves of Jews, not yet Converted, should Claim
the Grace of Christ, they shall be Liberated 402

XIX. Jews shall not Rule Christians under the Authority of
Mayors of Towns, or of Superintendents of Estates;
and Concerning the Penalties to be Imposed upon
Such as Appoint them to Office 402

XX. Where a Jew comes from Another Country into any of
the Provinces of Our Kingdom, he must, at once,
Present himself before a Bishop, a Priest, or a
Judge; and What shall be Done under the
Circumstances 403

XXI. How Assemblies of Jews shall Visit the Bishop on
Appointed Days 404

XXII. Where Anyone has a Jew in his Service, and a Priest
Demands him, the Master shall not have a Right to
Retain said Jew 405

XXIII. All Restraint of, and Control over, the Jews shall be
Vested in the Priesthood 405

XXIV. Concerning the Penalties to be Imposed upon Priests
and Judges who Neglect to Enforce the Laws against
the Jews 406

XXV. No Judge shall Presume to Investigate the Offences
of the Jews without the Knowledge of an
Ecclesiastic 407

XXVI. Bishops shall be Immune from Punishment when their
Priests do not Inform them of such Things as
should be Corrected 407

XXVII. Concerning the Mercy to be Shown by Princes towards
Those who have been Truly Converted to the
Christian Faith 408

XXVIII. Bishops shall Give to all Jews a Copy of this Book,
which has been Published for the Purpose of
Correcting their Errors; and their Confessions
and a Record of their Conversion shall be
Deposited among the Archives of the Church 408

LAWS OF THE JUDGES.