Jistory

Place in Spain

What happened to the Jews in Castile

165 events, 589 AD to 1501 AD

6th century

  1. 589 AD Third Council of Toledo restricts Jews · Toledo, Spain

7th century

  1. 633 AD Fourth Council of Toledo takes children of baptized Jews · Toledo, Spain
  2. 652 AD Eighth Council of Toledo confirms anti-Jewish laws · Toledo, Spain
  3. 653 AD Forced conversion of Jews in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  4. 654 AD Ninth Council of Toledo orders baptized Jews to keep Christian feasts · Toledo, Spain
  5. 681 AD Twelfth Council of Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  6. 693 AD Sixteenth Council of Toledo confirms anti-Jewish laws · Toledo, Spain
  7. 694 AD 17th Council of Toledo accuses Jews of plotting against the kingdom · Toledo, Spain

10th century

  1. 974 AD Reduced fine for killing a Jew in Castile · Castile, Spain

11th century

  1. 1035 AD Violence against Jews in Castrojeriz · Castrojeriz, Spain
  2. 1050 AD Council of Coyanza bans Jews and Christians from sharing homes and meals · Castile, Spain
  3. 1090 AD Persecutions of Jews in Toledo · Toledo, Spain

12th century

  1. 1108 AD Massacre in Battle of Uclés · Uclés, Spain
  2. 1108 AD Massacre of the Jews of Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  3. 1109 AD Anti-Jewish riots after the death of Alfonso VI · Castrojeriz, Spain
  4. 1109 AD Attack on the Jews of Carrion · Carrión de los Condes, Spain
  5. 1118 AD Decree barring Jews from jurisdiction over Christians · Toledo, Spain
  6. 1118 AD Toledo privileges restricting Jews extended to Castrojeriz · Castrojeriz, Spain
  7. 1170 AD Equal rights granted to Jews of Salamanca with protection tax · Salamanca, Spain
  8. 1175 AD Jews of Palencia placed under the bishop's jurisdiction · Palencia, Spain
  9. 1178 AD Riot in Toledo in which Fermosa was killed · Toledo, Spain
  10. 1192 AD Palencia Jews and Moors exempted from royal taxes · Palencia, Spain

13th century

  1. 1219 AD Archbishop of Toledo imposes poll-tax on Jews · Toledo, Spain
  2. 1219 AD Papal order for Jews to pay tithes on houses bought from Christians · Toledo, Spain
  3. 1240 AD Briviesca Jews ordered to pay annual tax to the cathedral · Briviesca, Spain
  4. 1240 AD Jews of Castrojeriz ordered to keep paying church levy · Castrojeriz, Spain
  5. 1250 AD Innocent IV bars new synagogues without permission · León, Spain
  6. 1263 AD Siete Partidas penalizes Jews without the badge · Castile, Spain
  7. 1270 AD Jews of Santa Cecilia quarter given to Huelgas monastery · Briviesca, Spain
  8. 1285 AD Special war tax on the Jews of Salamanca · Salamanca, Spain
  9. 1288 AD Sancho IV bans Jews of Valladolid from acquiring land · Valladolid, Spain
  10. 1291 AD Tribute to the archbishop imposed on Toledo Jews · Toledo, Spain

14th century

  1. 1303–1304 AD Jews of Segovia forced to pay bishop's tax · Segovia, Spain
  2. 1322 AD Valladolid council restricts contact with Jews and bars them from office · Valladolid, Spain
  3. 1325 AD Trade of Belorado Jews limited to market day · Belorado, Spain
  4. 1335 AD Salamanca council restricts Jews and Moors · Salamanca, Spain
  5. 1336 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Castile · Castile, Spain
  6. 1336 AD Removal of Birkat ha-Minim from Jewish prayer books · Valladolid, Spain
  7. 1348 AD Alfonso XI moves against Jewish usury · Castile, Spain
  8. 1355 AD Attack on the smaller Jewry of Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  9. 1360 AD Attack on the Jews of Nájera during Castilian civil war · Nájera, Spain
  10. 1360 AD Pogrom in Miranda de Ebro, Peter of Castile · Miranda de Ebro, Spain
  11. 1366 AD Attack on the Jews of Ávila during the Castilian civil war · Ávila, Spain
  12. 1366 AD Burgos Jewish community ransomed after Henry's capture of city · Burgos, Spain
  13. c. 1366 AD Crushing war-taxes imposed on Jews of Palencia by Henry of Trastamara · Palencia, Spain
  14. c. 1366 AD Destruction of Villadiego, Aguilar and other Jewish towns · Villadiego, Spain
  15. c. 1366 AD Grand Company destroys the Jewish community of Briviesca · Briviesca, Spain
  16. 1366 AD Henry levies 30,000 doubloons on the Jews of Burgos · Burgos, Spain
  17. 1366 AD Jewish tax of Alcalá de Henares granted to the archbishop · Alcalá de Henares, Spain
  18. c. 1366 AD Jews of Segovia, Avila and Toledo despoiled and fined · Segovia, Spain
  19. c. 1366–1369 AD Plunder of Segovia Jews during the war of Pedro and Henry · Segovia, Spain
  20. c. 1366–1369 AD Plunder of Valladolid Jewish quarter and synagogues in civil war · Valladolid, Spain
  21. 1367 AD Attacks on Jews of Valladolid and destruction of synagogues · Valladolid, Spain
  22. 1367 AD Jewish community of Aguilar de Campóo decimated by English soldiers · Aguilar de Campoo, Spain
  23. 1367 AD Violence against Jews in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  24. c. 1369 AD Henry de Trastamare fines the Jews of Burgos · Burgos, Spain
  25. 1369 AD King extorts 20,000 doubloons from Toledo Jews · Toledo, Spain
  26. 1371 AD Cortes of Toro anti-Jewish demands; badge and name bans granted · Castile, Spain
  27. 1375 AD Jews of Ávila forced to attend church disputation · Ávila, Spain
  28. 1379 AD Ban on Jews carrying or selling arms · Castile, Spain
  29. 1379 AD Execution of Jewish officials by order of Juan I · Burgos, Spain
  30. 1379 AD New restrictions and ban on trading outside the Judería in Burgos · Burgos, Spain
  31. 1380 AD Castilian Jews lose criminal jurisdiction · Castile, Spain
  32. 1380 AD Cortes of Soria limits Jewish self-jurisdiction · Castile, Spain
  33. 1385 AD Jews barred from serving as royal and noble financial agents · Castile, Spain
  34. 1387 AD Cortes of Briviesca enact anti-Jewish restrictions · Briviesca, Spain
  35. 1391 AD Attack on the Jews of Carrión during the 1391 riots · Carrión de los Condes, Spain
  36. 1391 AD Destruction of Ciudad Real Jewish quarter in 1391 riots · Ciudad Real, Spain
  37. 1391 AD Destruction of Toledo synagogues in 1391 riots · Toledo, Spain
  38. 1391 AD Destruction of the Jewish community of Escalona · Escalona, Spain
  39. 1391 AD Destruction of the Palencia ghetto and forced baptisms · Palencia, Spain
  40. 1391 AD Forced conversions of Toledo Jews after the massacre · Toledo, Spain
  41. 1391 AD Mass conversion of Valladolid Jews after 1391 persecutions · Valladolid, Spain
  42. 1391 AD Massacres of 1391 · Castile, Spain
  43. 1391 AD Persecution of 1391 and forced baptisms in Guadalajara · Guadalajara, Spain
  44. 1391 AD Persecution of 1391 in Burgos · Burgos, Spain
  45. 1391 AD Persecutions of 1391 in Salamanca · Salamanca, Spain
  46. 1391 AD Persecutions of 1391 in Segovia · Segovia, Spain
  47. 1391 AD Pogrom in Castile, Valencia, Catalonia · Castile, Spain
  48. 1391 AD Pogrom in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  49. 1391 AD Riots against the Jews of Ocaña · Ocaña, Spain
  50. 1391 AD Spread of 1391 attacks across Castile · Castile, Spain
  51. c. 1395 AD Henry III threatens Toledo Jews with slavery over taxes · Toledo, Spain

15th century

  1. 1405 AD Henry III restricts Jewish usury and commerce · Castile, Spain
  2. 1410 AD Host desecration accusation and executions in Segovia · Segovia, Spain
  3. 1410 AD Poisoning accusation against Segovia Jews and killings · Segovia, Spain
  4. 1411 AD Confinement of Valladolid Jews to the ghetto · Valladolid, Spain
  5. 1411 AD Synagogue converted into Church of St. Maria la Blanca · Toledo, Spain
  6. 1411 AD Vicente Ferrer's baptisms and synagogue seizure in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  7. 1412 AD Castilian law of 1412 restricting Jewish life · Castile, Spain
  8. 1412 AD Compulsory enclosed Juderias in Castile · Castile, Spain
  9. 1412 AD Jews of Ávila required to live in a judería · Ávila, Spain
  10. 1412 AD Laws of Valladolid · Valladolid, Spain
  11. 1412 AD Temporary suspension of Jewish civil jurisdiction in Castile · Castile, Spain
  12. 1412 AD Vicente Ferrer's conversion campaign and conversion of the synagogue · Salamanca, Spain
  13. 1412–1413 AD Segovia Jews ordered out of the Juderia; synagogues seized · Segovia, Spain
  14. 1413 AD Jewish bet midrash given to the University of Salamanca · Salamanca, Spain
  15. 1413 AD New Jewish quarter authorized in Valladolid · Valladolid, Spain
  16. 1414 AD Conversions of Burgos Jews under Vicente Ferrer · Burgos, Spain
  17. 1414 AD Mass conversion of 122 Jews in Guadalajara · Guadalajara, Spain
  18. 1415 AD Host desecration accusation against Segovia Jews · Segovia, Spain
  19. 1419 AD Conversos barred from public office in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  20. 1419–1422 AD Anti-Jewish measures abrogated in Castile and Aragon · Castile, Spain
  21. 1420 AD Confiscation of Segovia's largest synagogue · Segovia, Spain
  22. 1442 AD Bull of Eugene IV against the Jews · Toledo, Spain
  23. 1443 AD Decree of Arévalo relaxes restrictions on Jews · Arévalo, Spain
  24. 1444 AD Juan II orders New Christians admitted to public office in Guadalajara · Guadalajara, Spain
  25. 1449 AD Attacks on the Conversos of Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  26. 1449 AD Riots against Conversos in Ciudad Real · Ciudad Real, Spain
  27. 1449 AD Thirteen conversos removed from office in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  28. 1453 AD Jews of Carrión excluded from tax relief · Carrión de los Condes, Spain
  29. 1456 AD Ritual-murder accusation against the Jews of Salamanca · Salamanca, Spain
  30. 1465 AD Anti-Jewish concordia imposed on Henry IV of Castile · Castile, Spain
  31. 1467 AD Uprising against the conversos of Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  32. 1467–1468 AD Conversos forbidden to bear arms and excluded from office · Toledo, Spain
  33. 1473–1474 AD Conversos burned at the stake in Valladolid · Valladolid, Spain
  34. 1474 AD Massacre of Maranos in Segovia · Segovia, Spain
  35. 1476 AD Jewish communities lose criminal jurisdiction · Castile, Spain
  36. 1480 AD Cortes of Toledo adopts anti-Jewish decrees · Toledo, Spain
  37. 1480 AD Decision to segregate the Jews of Guadalajara · Guadalajara, Spain
  38. 1480 AD Jews and Conversos segregated into separate quarters in Palencia · Palencia, Spain
  39. 1480 AD Segregation of Jews into separate quarters ordered at Cortes of Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  40. 1480 AD Segregation of Ávila Jews into a separate quarter · Ávila, Spain
  41. 1480 AD Spanish Inquisition established in Castile · Castile, Spain
  42. 1480–1488 AD Inquisition established and Conversos burned in Castile · Castile, Spain
  43. 1481 AD Edict to seize fugitive Maranos and confiscate their property · Castile, Spain
  44. 1481 AD Jews of Carrión obliged to live in a separate quarter · Carrión de los Condes, Spain
  45. 1481 AD Judería of Ávila completely enclosed · Ávila, Spain
  46. 1481 AD Segovia Jews confined to a separate Juderia · Segovia, Spain
  47. 1483 AD Segregation of the Jews of Escalona · Escalona, Spain
  48. 1483–1485 AD Inquisition tribunal at Ciudad Real · Ciudad Real, Spain
  49. 1484 AD Inquisition reconciles Jews in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  50. 1485 AD Ban on commerce for Jews and Moors in Burgos · Burgos, Spain
  51. 1485 AD Distinctive sign and lodging ban for Jews of Palencia · Palencia, Spain
  52. 1485 AD Inquisition tribunal established in Valladolid · Valladolid, Spain
  53. 1485 AD Palencia Jews levied for ransom of Malaga prisoners · Palencia, Spain
  54. 1485 AD Tax levied on Jews of Castrojeriz for war against Granada · Castrojeriz, Spain
  55. 1485 AD War levy on Briviesca Jews for Granada war · Briviesca, Spain
  56. 1486–1487 AD Autos-da-fé against Conversos in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  57. 1486–1487 AD Toledo autos da fé of 1486-1487 · Toledo, Spain
  58. 1486–1490 AD Forced levy on Jews of Carrión for the Granada war · Carrión de los Condes, Spain
  59. 1488 AD Autos da fé of 1488 in Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  60. 1488 AD Valladolid auto da fé: 18 burned alive · Valladolid, Spain
  61. 1488–1491 AD Heavy war taxes on Guadalajara Jews for Granada war · Guadalajara, Spain
  62. 1490 AD Inquisition tribunal established in Ávila · Ávila, Spain
  63. 1490 AD Salamanca consultation on the La Guardia child case · Salamanca, Spain
  64. c. 1490–1500 AD Inquisition burnings at Avila · Ávila, Spain
  65. 1491 AD Blood libel in La Guardia, Spain · La Guardia, Spain
  66. 1491 AD Holy Child of La Guardia · La Guardia, Spain
  67. 1491 AD La Guardia ritual murder trial and executions at Avila · Ávila, Spain
  68. 1492 AD Expulsion edict of 1492 and conversion of Burgos Jews · Burgos, Spain
  69. 1492 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Belorado · Belorado, Spain
  70. 1492 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Guadalajara · Guadalajara, Spain
  71. 1492 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Palencia · Palencia, Spain
  72. 1492 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Segovia · Segovia, Spain
  73. 1492 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  74. 1492 AD Expulsion of the Jews of Salamanca · Salamanca, Spain
  75. 1492 AD Palencia synagogue ordered sold and another turned into hospital · Palencia, Spain
  76. 1494 AD Samuel Halevi Synagogue transferred to the Knights of Calatrava · Toledo, Spain
  77. 1494 AD Toledo Jewish community property transferred to the crown · Toledo, Spain
  78. 1495 AD Avila synagogue given to a monastery · Ávila, Spain
  79. 1499 AD Inquisition burnings at Ávila · Ávila, Spain

16th century

  1. 1501 AD 67 women of Herrera and Alcocen burned at Toledo · Toledo, Spain
  2. 1501 AD Toledo auto da fé: 38 burned · Toledo, Spain
  3. 1501 AD Toledo burnings and life sentences, March 1501 · Toledo, Spain

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