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Place in France

What happened to the Jews in Provence

115 events, 425 AD to 2015 AD

5th century

  1. 425 AD Valentinian III restricts Jews in Gaul and Arles · Arles, France

6th century

  1. 508 AD Jewish soldier accused of treason and executed at Arles · Arles, France
  2. 561–584 AD Merovingian-backed pressure to convert the Jews of Arles · Arles, France
  3. 591 AD Bishop Theodore's attempt to convert Marseille Jews by force · Marseille, France

12th century

  1. c. 1200 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Carpentras · Carpentras, France

13th century

  1. 1209 AD Council of Avignon restricts the Jews · Avignon, France
  2. 1227–1234 AD Jewish badge imposed by church councils in southern France · Languedoc, France
  3. 1262 AD Marseille Jews surrendered to the Duke of Anjou as taxable property · Marseille, France
  4. 1276 AD Bishop's agreement imposing vassalage and taxes on Carpentras Jews · Carpentras, France
  5. 1276 AD Inquisition persecution of Provençal Jews (badges, imprisonment, ransom) · Provence, France
  6. 1276 AD Inquisitors enforce larger badge and extort fines from Jews · Marseille, France
  7. 1276 AD Inquisitors enlarge badge and fine Tarascon Jews · Tarascon, France
  8. 1285–1309 AD Charles II's restrictive ordinances on Jews of Provence · Aix-en-Provence, France
  9. c. 1290 AD Bishop fines Jewish community over Purim games · Marseille, France
  10. 1294 AD Charles II reintroduces anti-Jewish measures in Provence · Provence, France
  11. c. 1300–1399 AD Discriminatory laws against the Jews of Orange · Orange, France

14th century

  1. 1306 AD Fiscal vexations of Provence Jews during French expulsion · Provence, France
  2. 1308 AD Ban on Jews holding public office in Provence · Provence, France
  3. 1308 AD Charles II bars Jews from public office in Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  4. 1322 AD Demolition of the Carpentras synagogue · Carpentras, France
  5. 1322 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Carpentras by Pope John XXII · Carpentras, France
  6. 1331 AD First large-scale anti-Jewish disturbances in Provence · Provence, France
  7. 1335 AD Anti-Jewish riot in Cadenet · Cadenet, France
  8. 1340 AD Anti-Jewish disturbances in Moustiers and Forcalquiers · Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France
  9. 1341 AD Attempt to set up compulsory Jewish quarter in Aix · Aix-en-Provence, France
  10. 1341 AD Badge requirement in the statutes of Nice · Nice, France
  11. c. 1341 AD Jews confined to separate quarters in Provence · Provence, France
  12. 1342 AD Clement VI revokes the expulsion edict · Carpentras, France
  13. 1344 AD Riots after blood accusation against Samson of Reylhane · Aix-en-Provence, France
  14. 1344 AD Riots after blood libel against Samson of Reylhane · Arles, France
  15. 1345 AD Tarascon charter restricts Jewish butchering and work · Tarascon, France
  16. 1348 AD Black Death riots against Jews in Provence · Provence, France
  17. 1348 AD Burning of Jews in Avignon during the Black Death · Avignon, France
  18. 1348 AD Massacre of Jews at Toulon during the Black Death · Toulon, France
  19. 1348–1349 AD Persecution of Tarascon Jews accused of spreading Black Death · Tarascon, France
  20. 1350 AD Inquisitor forces Jews to remain in the ghetto · Marseille, France
  21. c. 1350–1399 AD Restrictions on Jews under Queen Joanna of Provence · Arles, France
  22. 1351 AD Massacres of Jews at Luc and Forcalquier · Le Luc, France
  23. 1355 AD New persecutions of Jews in several Provence towns · Provence, France
  24. 1377 AD Royal decree confines Jews to the Carrière in Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  25. 1382 AD Jews barred from owning land and vineyards in Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  26. 1385 AD Bishop revokes 1343 agreement and reimposes annual tax · Carpentras, France
  27. 1400 AD Louis II of Anjou exempts Tarascon Jews from new taxes · Tarascon, France

15th century

  1. 1403 AD Benedict XIII claims episcopal taxes from Carpentras Jews · Carpentras, France
  2. 1423 AD Jews suffer in Aragonese capture of Marseille · Marseille, France
  3. 1430 AD Ghetto assigned to the Jews of Nice · Nice, France
  4. 1430 AD Pogrom in Aix-en-Provence · Aix-en-Provence, France
  5. 1435 AD Ban on brokerage and compulsory Jewish badge · Aix-en-Provence, France
  6. 1436 AD Execution of Astruc de Léon and massacre of Jews · Aix-en-Provence, France
  7. 1436 AD Mob attack on the Jews of Arles · Arles, France
  8. 1446 AD King René imposes annual tribute on Jewish congregations · Provence, France
  9. c. 1450–1499 AD Jews excluded from public office in Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  10. 1454 AD King René eases restrictions on Aix Jews · Aix-en-Provence, France
  11. 1454 AD King René mitigates badge edict · Tarascon, France
  12. 1454 AD King René opens commerce and crafts to Jews · Provence, France
  13. 1457 AD Pius II bans Jews from food trade and dealings with Christians · Avignon, France
  14. 1460 AD René bars Jews from public office · Tarascon, France
  15. 1475 AD Anti-Jewish outbreaks in Provence · Provence, France
  16. 1475 AD René imposes 8,000-florin subsidy on Tarascon Jews · Tarascon, France
  17. 1477 AD Jews of Orange excluded from the wheat trade · Orange, France
  18. 1480 AD Papal bull favorable to Jews annulled · Avignon, France
  19. 1481 AD Forced baptism of a Jewish girl in Marseille · Marseille, France
  20. 1484 AD Attack on Jews and destruction of synagogue at Arles · Arles, France
  21. 1484 AD Lawless bands attack and pillage Marseille Jews · Marseille, France
  22. 1484 AD Orange council demands expulsion of Jews, prince refuses · Orange, France
  23. 1484 AD Pillaging of the Jews of Aix · Aix-en-Provence, France
  24. 1484–1486 AD Attacks on Jews in Aix, Marseilles and Arles · Aix-en-Provence, France
  25. 1486 AD Councilors demand expulsion of Jewish refugees · Avignon, France
  26. 1488 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Arles · Arles, France
  27. 1489 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Draguignan under Provence edict · Draguignan, France
  28. 1489 AD Populace attacks Jewish quarter in Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  29. 1490 AD Attacks on Jewish houses in Orange · Orange, France
  30. c. 1493 AD Anti-Jewish disorders in Arles · Arles, France
  31. 1495 AD Anti-Jewish disorders in Manosque · Manosque, France
  32. 1496 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  33. 1498–1501 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Provence · Provence, France
  34. c. 1500–1501 AD Royal decree banishing Jews from Marseille · Marseille, France
  35. c. 1500–1599 AD Popes enforce Jew-badge and cancel debts owed to Jews · Avignon, France

16th century

  1. 1501 AD Expulsion of Jews from Provence · Provence, France
  2. c. 1501 AD Jewish cemetery site given away after expulsion · Marseille, France
  3. 1505 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Orange · Orange, France
  4. 1513 AD Leo X restricts Jews' grain purchases and access to fields · Avignon, France
  5. 1525 AD Clement VII orders distinctive Jewish dress · Carpentras, France
  6. 1539 AD Clement VII revokes the privileges of the Jews · Carpentras, France
  7. 1555–1592 AD Popes renew anti-Jewish decrees · Carpentras, France
  8. c. 1566–1572 AD Pius V decree banishing Jews from papal dominions · Avignon, France
  9. 1567 AD Council of Avignon isolates Jews from Christian society · Avignon, France
  10. 1570 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Avignon · Avignon, France
  11. c. 1600–1650 AD Parliament of Orange renews expulsion decree · Orange, France

17th century

  1. 1658 AD Senate restrictions on the Jews of Nice · Nice, France
  2. 1669 AD Italian Jews forced out of Marseilles · Marseille, France
  3. c. 1669 AD Parliament of Provence renews bans on Jewish residence in Marseilles · Marseille, France
  4. 1669 AD Return of Jews to Orange authorized · Orange, France
  5. 1682 AD Expulsion of Villaréal from Marseille · Marseille, France
  6. 1687 AD Second expulsion of the Jews from Orange · Orange, France

18th century

  1. 1703 AD Remaining Jews driven out of Orange · Orange, France
  2. 1711 AD Expulsion of Lopez from Marseille · Marseille, France
  3. 1720 AD Orange council orders Jews to wear yellow hats · Orange, France
  4. c. 1731 AD New expulsion orders in Orange only partly enforced · Orange, France
  5. 1733 AD Obligation to rent all ghetto houses jointly · Nice, France
  6. 1750 AD Badge abolished for the Jews of Nice · Nice, France
  7. 1750 AD Night-time trade restrictions in the Nice ghetto · Nice, France
  8. 1760–1787 AD Parliament of Provence bans Jewish settlement in Aix · Aix-en-Provence, France
  9. 1775 AD Jews seeking to settle in Cadenet forced to leave · Cadenet, France
  10. 1775 AD Parliament of Provence expels Jews from Tarascon · Tarascon, France
  11. 1791 AD Jews of Avignon granted full civil rights · Avignon, France
  12. 1792–1814 AD Emancipation of Jews under French rule in Nice · Nice, France

19th century

  1. c. 1814 AD Jews of Nice lose their rights after Sardinian restoration · Nice, France
  2. 1828 AD Jews of Nice ordered back to the ghetto · Nice, France
  3. 1848 AD Emancipation of Jews in Nice guaranteed · Nice, France

20th century

  1. 1943 AD Arrest and deportation of Aix Jews · Aix-en-Provence, France
  2. 1943 AD Arrest and deportation of Jewish families from Avignon · Avignon, France
  3. c. 1943–1944 AD German raids and deportation of Jews from Nice · Nice, France
  4. 1990 AD Desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras · Carpentras, France

21st century

  1. 2015 AD Attack in Nice, France · Nice, France

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