Marquer la différence : l'imposition de la rouelle aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles

Abstract

Marking the Difference : The Imposition of the « Rouelle » in the 13th and 14th Centuries - From 1269 on, the Jews in the kingdom of France were obliged to wear a distinctive sign, a badge imposed by the Church in the West since 1215. The round form of the rota or roella adopted by the kings of France, and its color, at first yellow then two-toned — yellow and red — denotes the ignominous character of the sign, which accentuated the will to enforce the physical segregation of the Jews in Christian lands in the 13th and 14th centuries.