Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair

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censorship dispute historical controversy humanist controversy religious controversy

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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOpposingSide	Dominican theologians of Cologne ⓘ Johannes Pfefferkorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannes Reuchlin NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominican Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Maximilian I NERFINISHED ⓘ German humanists ⓘ Jewish communities in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Johannes Pfefferkorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannes Reuchlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Leo X NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelatedConcept	Jewish scholarship ⓘ book burning ⓘ censorship ⓘ humanism ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	Dominican attacks on Reuchlin ⓘ Epistolae obscurorum virorum controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Reuchlin’s expert opinion on Jewish books ⓘ imperial mandate to seize Jewish books ⓘ publication of Augenspiegel ⓘ
hasSignificantWork	Augenspiegel NERFINISHED ⓘ Epistolae obscurorum virorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Handspiegel NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Johann Reuchlin → participantIn → Reuchlin–Pfefferkorn affair ⓘ