Statute of Kalisz

AUG 16 1264 · 12:45

Statute of Kalisz

September 8, 1264. Bolesław the Pious grants Jews extensive legal protections, among the most comprehensive in medieval Europe. Extended by Casimir the Great in 1334. Polish lands become Europe's largest Jewish refuge for the next 600 years.

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