Promissory note signed by the Count Rudolf von Kieburg and a Jewish moneylender

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Promissory note signed by the Count Rudolf von Kieburg and a Jewish moneylender – Bern, Switzerland, 1382 Original at the State Archive of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland

This promissory note issued by the Countess of Kyburg and her son the Count, promises to repay a loan they took from Benjamin of Schlettstadt, a Jewish resident of Bern.

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Themes and Connections:

1382, 14th century, antisematism, Bern, loan, money, Promissory note, Switzerland

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