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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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 NERFINISHED
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 Fourth Lateran Council
surface form: 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 worldwide
surface form: 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 ONNED1
placeOfPromulgation Palazzo Lateranense
surface form: Lateran Palace
promulgatedBy Fourth Lateran Council NERFINISHED
Pope Innocent III
relatedConcept medieval canon law on non-Christians
religious dress codes
relatedTo discriminatory clothing laws
medieval Jewish badge
religiousContext Carolingian Christianity
surface form: 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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