Jistory

Place in France

What happened to the Jews in Languedoc

77 events, 506 AD to 1942 AD

6th century

  1. 506 AD Council of Agda renews ban on clergy dining with Jews · Agde, France
  2. 558 AD Bishop Ferreol expels Jews from the diocese of Uzès · Uzès, France
  3. 589 AD Council of Narbonne bans psalm-singing at burials · Narbonne, France

7th century

  1. 672 AD Wamba's edict of expulsion of the Jews · Languedoc, France
  2. 673 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Narbonne by King Wamba · Narbonne, France

9th century

  1. 899 AD Confiscation of Jewish tithe-bearing property at Narbonne · Narbonne, France

10th century

  1. c. 1000–1099 AD Jews confined to special quarters in Languedoc · Languedoc, France

11th century

  1. c. 1001–1100 AD Eleventh-century persecutions affect the Jews of Béziers · Béziers, France
  2. 1020 AD Good Friday public slapping of a Jew in Toulouse · Toulouse, France
  3. c. 1065 AD Crusaders massacre Jews on route against the Moors of Spain · Narbonne, France
  4. 1095 AD Bishop Bernard bans Jewish-Christian marriages in Lodève · Lodève, France
  5. c. 1100 AD Ear-boxing replaced by tax and wax tribute · Toulouse, France
  6. c. 1100 AD Toulouse ear-boxing of a Jew replaced by payment · Toulouse, France

12th century

  1. 1160 AD Bishop abolishes stone-throwing at Jews in Béziers · Béziers, France
  2. 1163 AD Spanish crusaders attack Jews of Narbonne · Narbonne, France
  3. c. 1200 AD Jews barred from public office in Languedoc · Languedoc, France

13th century

  1. 1209 AD Council of Saint-Gilles bars Jews from public office · Saint-Gilles, France
  2. 1209 AD Massacre of Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade · Béziers, France
  3. 1209 AD Oath at St. Gilles barring Jews from public offices · Toulouse, France
  4. 1215 AD Lateran Council prescribes Jewish badge, enforced in Carcassonne · Carcassonne, France
  5. 1227–1234 AD Jewish badge imposed by church councils in southern France · Languedoc, France
  6. c. 1234–1235 AD Burning of Maimonides' books at Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  7. 1236 AD Riot and pillaging of the Jews of Narbonne · Narbonne, France
  8. 1242 AD Raymond VII grants Jews right to dispose of property with taxes · Toulouse, France
  9. 1246 AD Council of Béziers bans Jews from practising medicine · Béziers, France
  10. 1246 AD Louis IX orders Carcassonne Jews imprisoned until ransom paid · Carcassonne, France
  11. 1253 AD Louis IX banishes Jews from Carcassonne · Carcassonne, France
  12. 1254 AD Louis IX edict banning Talmudic rites and moneylending · Carcassonne, France
  13. 1263 AD Jewish cemetery given to Cistercians in Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  14. 1272 AD Synodal restrictions on Jews by Bishop Bernard of Capendu · Carcassonne, France
  15. 1278 AD Inquisition trial of the Jews of Toulouse · Toulouse, France
  16. 1278 AD King forces destruction of bishop's new synagogue · Béziers, France
  17. 1281 AD King seizes Jewish cemetery of Toulouse · Toulouse, France
  18. 1284 AD Severe anti-Jewish measures adopted by council of Nîmes · Nîmes, France
  19. 1290 AD Philip the Fair acts against Jews with tax exemption letters · Toulouse, France
  20. 1290–1292 AD Heavy taxation under Philip the Fair drives Jews from Carcassonne · Carcassonne, France
  21. 1291 AD Expulsion of Jews recently arrived from England · Carcassonne, France

14th century

  1. 1304 AD Carcassonne Jews made to pay local taxes · Carcassonne, France
  2. 1306 AD Arrests and forced baptisms of Toulouse Jews; confiscations · Toulouse, France
  3. 1306 AD Expulsion of Jews from Castelsarrasin, France · Castelsarrasin, France
  4. 1306 AD Expulsion of Jews from Languedoc · Languedoc, France
  5. 1306 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Béziers · Béziers, France
  6. 1306 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  7. 1306 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Nîmes · Nîmes, France
  8. 1306 AD Sale of the Jewish cemetery of Villefranche · Montpellier, France
  9. 1306–1309 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Narbonne by Philip the Fair · Narbonne, France
  10. 1306–1310 AD Confiscation and sale of the Toulouse synagogue · Toulouse, France
  11. 1315 AD Jewish community reestablished at Carcassonne under Louis X · Carcassonne, France
  12. 1315 AD Tax of 2,000 pounds on returning Jews · Toulouse, France
  13. 1319 AD Arrest of Lunel Jews and seizure of property over crucifix mockery · Lunel, France
  14. 1319 AD Jews recalled to Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  15. 1320 AD Massacre in Castelsarrasin, France · Castelsarrasin, France
  16. 1320 AD Pastoureaux massacres of Jews in Languedoc · Languedoc, France
  17. c. 1320 AD Pastoureaux persecutions affect Carcassonne community · Carcassonne, France
  18. 1321 AD Pastoureaux massacre of Toulouse Jews · Toulouse, France
  19. 1359 AD Jews readmitted to Nîmes · Nîmes, France
  20. 1359 AD Jews returning to Nîmes assigned a designated street · Nîmes, France
  21. 1359 AD Readmission of Jews to Toulouse · Toulouse, France
  22. 1363 AD Jewish badge imposed in Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  23. 1364 AD Ban on Christian butchers selling meat to Jews · Montpellier, France
  24. 1365 AD Jews confined to the Rue de la Vacherie · Montpellier, France
  25. 1366 AD Banishment of the Jews of Béziers · Béziers, France
  26. 1367 AD Jewish community renewed in Béziers · Béziers, France
  27. 1368 AD Jews restricted to an assigned well · Montpellier, France
  28. 1394 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Carcassonne · Carcassonne, France
  29. 1394 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Nîmes by Charles VI · Nîmes, France
  30. 1394 AD Royal edict ends the Jewish community of Montpellier · Montpellier, France

16th century

  1. c. 1600–1699 AD Toulouse parliament limits Jewish stays in Montpellier · Montpellier, France

17th century

  1. 1653 AD Order to expel Comtat Venaissin Jews from Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  2. 1653 AD Parlement of Toulouse orders Comtat Venaissin Jews out of Nîmes · Nîmes, France
  3. 1679–1680 AD Further expulsion orders against Jews in Montpellier · Montpellier, France
  4. 1680 AD Expulsion of Jews allowed to sojourn in Nîmes · Nîmes, France
  5. 1685 AD Inquisition trial of Marranos in Toulouse · Toulouse, France

18th century

  1. 1729–1754 AD Restrictive measures against Jews by the intendant of Languedoc · Nîmes, France
  2. 1745–1754 AD Jews' trading concession in Nîmes abolished · Nîmes, France
  3. 1784 AD Jews denied admission to trade guilds in Nîmes · Nîmes, France

20th century

  1. 1942 AD Roundup of foreign-born Jews in the Toulouse region · Toulouse, France

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