Über die Status und Perzeption der konvertierten Juden in dem Römisch-deutschen Reich des 16. Jahrhunderts im Spiegel des Bücherstreits

Abstract

The attitude towards converted Jews is presented through the examples of Johann Pfefferkorn, Victor von Carben and Matthäus Adriani. The similarities and differences in their estimation show the nuances of the contemporary public opinion about the Jews. The paper introduces first of all the different positions of German humanists and the phenomenon how the so-called Battle of Books mirrored the contemporary social attitudes towards Jews and converted Jews.