3. The tremendous change in substance and tone between these documents and the “Charter of Frederick II for the Jews of Prussia” given in 1750 shows how revolutionary these documents were. Jacob R. Marcus , The Jew in the Medieval World, A Source Book,, Cincinnati , 1938, pp. 84 ff.
5. Ibid., p. 21 who cites Angel, Napoleon et los Juives. 6. Wihelm Dohm, Ueber die buergerliche Verbesserung der Juden, 1783. The plays and other writings of Lessing helped to produce an intellectual climate
conducive to change.
7. Jacob Katz ,“A State Within a State,” Emancipation and Assimilation- Studies in Modern Jewish History, Richmond, Surrey, 1972, pp. 51 ff.
8. Katz p. 56f. 9. Katz p. 67. 10. See the following internet link:“Napoleon’s Letters to Bigot de Preameneu,” www.napoleonica.org/us/corbi/corbi_boudon.html A variety of other sources are
cited in footnotes of this collection.
11. Martin Philippson , Die Neueste Geschichte des Jiidischen Volkes, Leipzig , 1907, Vol. 1, pp. 10 ff.
13. Simeon J. Maslin, An Analysis and Translation of Selected Documents of Napoleonic Jewry(Readings in Modern Jewish History[Ellis Rivkin ed.], Cincinnati , 1957, p. 16. The“Note Relative to the Sanhedrin” signed by Napoleon makes his intentions absolutely clear. They and other material show how deeply involved Napoleon was in this project.