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Bishop of Limoges offers Jews baptism or exile
Bishop Alduin forced the Jews of his diocese to choose between baptism and exile. Few converted; most of the rest fled or killed themselves.
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- Alduin, Bishop of Limoges
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Expulsion of Jews from Limoges
The Jews of Limoges are given the choice of baptism or exile.
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- Unknown
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Margrave Gunzelin accused of selling Christian slaves to Jews
Proceedings against Margrave Gunzelin included the accusation that he sold Christian slaves to Jewish merchants. This is mostly an accusation against a Christian, with Jews implicated.
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- Margrave Gunzelin
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General persecution of the Jews of France
A persecution begun by the clergy and backed by King Robert II and the populace swept France for at least five years. Jews were reportedly expelled, killed or forcibly baptized, after a rumor that the Jews of Orléans had plotted with the Muslim ruler al-Hakim.
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- Clergy, King Robert II the Pious, and the Christian population
- Where
- France
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Anti-Jewish measures in Fatimid Caliphate
Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ("the Mad") issues severe restrictions against Jews in the Fatimid Caliphate. All Jews are forced to wear a heavy wooden "golden calf" around their necks.
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- Caliph Al-Hakim
- Where
- Fatimid Caliphate (several countries)
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Burning of the Jewish quarter Al-Jaudariyyah
Al-Ḥakim, angry that the Jews mocked him in verse, had their whole street in the city burned down. Jews were afterwards not allowed to live there.
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- Calif Al-Ḥakim
- Where
- Cairo (Fostat), Egypt
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Al-Hakim enforces and amplifies anti-Jewish restrictions in Egypt
The Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim enforced the Pact of Omar restrictions on Jews and greatly expanded them.
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- Caliph Al-Hakim
- Where
- Egypt
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Jews confined to special quarters in Languedoc
With rising intolerance in the eleventh century, Jews in Languedoc were required to live in special quarters, and the populace was permitted to humiliate them during Holy Week.
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- Christian authorities and populace
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Orleans Jews accused of causing destruction of Holy Sepulcher
Jews of Orleans were falsely blamed for inciting the caliph Hakim to destroy the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and they had to leave the city temporarily to escape a massacre.
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- Christian public opinion
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Eleventh-century persecutions affect the Jews of Béziers
Persecutions that broke out in western France in the eleventh century also affected the Jewish community of Béziers.
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- Unknown
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