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.