Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair

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The Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair was an early 16th-century controversy in the Holy Roman Empire over the censorship and destruction of Jewish books, which became a landmark humanist defense of Jewish scholarship and freedom of learning.

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Reuchlin controversy 1
Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf censorship dispute ⓘ
historical controversy ⓘ
humanist controversy ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
hasCause anti-Jewish polemics in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
campaign to confiscate and destroy Jewish books ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Northern Renaissance humanism ⓘ
late medieval anti-Judaism ⓘ
hasEndTime 1520s ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance important episode in Christian–Jewish relations in early modern Europe ⓘ
landmark in the history of freedom of learning ⓘ
precursor to Reformation-era debates on authority and scripture ⓘ
hasLanguageOfDiscourse German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasLegalForm ecclesiastical trial ⓘ
imperial inquiry ⓘ
hasMainLocation Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasOpposingSide Dominican theologians of Cologne ⓘ
Johannes Pfefferkorn ⓘ
Johannes Reuchlin ⓘ
linked to: Johann Reuchlin

anti-Jewish polemicists ⓘ
humanist scholars ⓘ
hasOutcome increased protection for many Jewish books ⓘ
polarization between scholastic theologians and humanists ⓘ
strengthening of humanist defense of Jewish scholarship ⓘ
hasParticipant Archbishop of Mainz ⓘ
Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ
German humanists ⓘ
Jewish communities in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Johannes Pfefferkorn ⓘ
Johannes Reuchlin ⓘ
linked to: Johann Reuchlin

Pope Leo X ⓘ
hasRelatedConcept Jewish scholarship ⓘ
book burning ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent Dominican attacks on Reuchlin ⓘ
Epistolae obscurorum virorum controversy ⓘ
Reuchlin’s expert opinion on Jewish books ⓘ
imperial mandate to seize Jewish books ⓘ
publication of Augenspiegel ⓘ
hasSignificantWork Augenspiegel ⓘ
Epistolae obscurorum virorum ⓘ
Handspiegel ⓘ
linked to: Augenspiegel
hasStartTime 1509 ⓘ
hasTimePeriod early 16th century ⓘ
mainSubject censorship of Jewish books ⓘ
freedom of learning ⓘ
status of the Talmud and Hebrew literature ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Reuchlin → participantIn → Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair ⓘ
Letters of Obscure Men → mainSubject → Reuchlin controversy ⓘ
linked to: Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair