Charles the Simple in 899 confiscates, for…

Charles the Simple in 899 confiscates, for the profit of the church at Narbonne, all the property held by the Jews and subject to the payment of tithes (Vaissette.

iii.

63).

According to Saige ("Hist.

des Juifs du Languedoc," p. 9), this signifies that the Jews might not possess land upon which Church tithes were levied, but it did not abrogate their right to hold free land.