Chronology of גזירות תתנ״ו GIZEROT TATNO (Events of 4856)

Crusaders and local attackers killed יהודים YEHUDIM in Speyer.

ח׳ באייר ד׳תתנ״ו 8th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 4856Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

ח׳ באייר ד׳תתנ״ו 8th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 4856: Crusaders and local attackers killed יהודים YEHUDIM in Speyer. Bishop John intervened, sheltered the community and prevented a wider massacre.3

Footnotes

  1. City of Speyer, Schpira – Jüdisches Speyer, section on the First Crusade. The date follows the received 8 Iyar account retained in the companion. ↩