Jewish costume
The term Jewish costume is a name for the special clothing that has been prescribed for Jews in many European countries since the Middle Ages in order to distinguish them from the rest of the population.
As early as 1180, German Jews were obliged to wear a yellow pointed hat, the " Jew hat ". It was common until the 16th century . The Fourth Lateran Council decided in 1215 (at the time of Pope Innocent III ) to introduce different clothing to identify people of different faiths. As a result, Jews in numerous European countries were prescribed a yellow patch or ring made of fabric to be worn on the chest.
This so-called Jewish costume is also a theme in many comedies of the 16th century.
Web links
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- Costumes of the Jews. In: Jewish Lexicon . 1930.
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinz Schreckenberg : The Christian Adversus Judaeos texts (11th-13th centuries). With an iconography of the Jewish theme up to the 4th Lateran Council. Pp. 24, 26 ( online ).
- ^ Gerson Wolf : Judentaufen in Oesterreich , Verlag von Herzfeld & Bauer, 1863, p. 14 ( online )
- ↑ Ingrid Loschek : Reclam's Mode & Costume Lexicon . Reclam, 2005, ISBN 978-3150105771