Canon 68

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Canon 68 is a decree of the Fourth Lateran Council that imposed distinctive dress requirements on Jews and Muslims in Christian territories to mark them out from the Christian population.

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Canon 68 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canon law norm ⓘ
ecclesiastical decree ⓘ
aimedAt preventing sexual relations between Christians and non-Christians ⓘ
appliesTo Christian territories ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
associatedWith Fourth Council of the Lateran ⓘ
cityOfPromulgation Rome ⓘ
codifiedIn collections of canon law after the Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
concerns interreligious relations ⓘ
social segregation of religious minorities ⓘ
sumptuary regulations ⓘ
dateOfPromulgation 1215 ⓘ
geographicalScope Christian-ruled territories in medieval Europe ⓘ
hasConsequence reinforcement of religious boundaries ⓘ
stigmatization of Jews and Muslims ⓘ
hasNumbering canon 68 of the Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
hasPurpose to distinguish Jews and Muslims from Christians by clothing ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced later discriminatory dress laws in Europe ⓘ
later medieval Jewish badge regulations ⓘ
isPartOf canons 1–70 of the Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
jurisdiction Latin Church ⓘ
languageOfDocument Latin ⓘ
legalForm canon of an ecumenical council ⓘ
legalStatus binding canon law at the time of promulgation ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to preserve Christian social order ⓘ
fear of interfaith mixing ⓘ
partOf Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation Lateran Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palazzo Lateranense
promulgatedBy Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
Pope Innocent III ⓘ
relatedConcept medieval canon law on non-Christians ⓘ
religious dress codes ⓘ
relatedTo discriminatory clothing laws ⓘ
medieval Jewish badge ⓘ
religiousContext medieval Catholic Church ⓘ
religiousGroupTargeted non-Christians living among Christians ⓘ
requires distinctive dress for Jews ⓘ
distinctive dress for Muslims ⓘ
visible signs on clothing ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly debate on medieval anti-Judaism ⓘ
studies of medieval Islamic–Christian relations ⓘ
typeOfDiscrimination legal segregation by dress ⓘ

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