After their expulsion from France in the 14th-century, a handful of Jews remained in the independent Provençal Papal territory known as the Comtat Venaissin.
Avignon was one of four Jewish communities tolerated by the Holy See: the other 3 were Carpentras, Cavaillon, & L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. 2/
Avignon was one of four Jewish communities tolerated by the Holy See: the other 3 were Carpentras, Cavaillon, & L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. 2/
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Many of these were never printed, and survive only in manuscript form, as here. 3/