His officials “tore and burnt the rolls of the Law whenever they found them, ” wrote historian Heinrich Graetz,“ and killed those who were found to seek strength and consolation in their perusal. ”
Siç shkroi historiani Hajnrih Grets, oborrtarët e tij « i grisnin e i digjnin rrotullat e Ligjit kudo që i gjenin, dhe i vrisnin ata që kërkonin forcë e ngushëllim në to ».