Vivelin of Strasbourg[note 1] (d. after 1347) was an Alsatian Jewish financier in the 14th century, presumably one of the richest persons within the Holy Roman Empire in that time.[1] He lived in Strasbourg and primarily dealt with the Archbishop of Trier, Baldwin of Luxembourg, but also with the King of England, Edward III, as he led a consortium that lent 140,000 florins to Edward III on the eve of the Hundred Years' War, in 1339.[2]
He is not found in documents after 1347, and might have died during the Strasbourg pogrom of 1349, which saw almost 2,000 people being burned alive at the stake.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ He was also known as “Vivelin Rufus” (Latin), “Vivian le Rous” (French), or “Vivelin der Rote” (German), which all means “Vivelin the Red”.
References
edit- ^ Mentgen, Gerd (2005). "Die Strassburger Juden Vivelin der Rote und Simon von Deneuvre: Bankiers europäischer Fürsten im 14. Jahrhundert". In Irsigler, Franz; Minn, Gisela (eds.). Porträt einer europäischen Kernregion: Der Rhein-Mass-Raum in historischen Lebensbildern (in German). Trier: Kliomedia. pp. 131–137. ISBN 3-89890-087-8.
- ^ London, The National Archives, Public Record Office, C 67/17, m 3.
- ^ Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History, Covering 5,764 Years of Biblical, Talmudic & Post-Talmudic History, p. 203, at Google Books
Further reading
edit- Mentgen, Gerd (1996). "Herausragende jüdische Finanziers im mittelalterlichen Straßburg". In Burgard, Friedhelm (ed.). Hochfinanz im Westen des Reiches, 1150–1500 (in German). Trier: Trierer Historische Forschungen. pp. 75–100. ISBN 3-923087-30-6.
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