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Destruction of Granada's Jewish community by the Almoravids
When the Almoravid Ibn Tashfin conquered Granada, the Jewish community was destroyed and some families fled as refugees.
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- Almoravids under Ibn Tashfin
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Henry IV grants charter of privileges to the Jews of Worms
The king issued a charter guaranteeing the Jews freedom of travel, trade without customs duties, property rights, protection from forced conversion of children, and autonomy.
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- King Henry IV
- Where
- Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Persecutions of Jews in Toledo
Persecutions of the Jews in Toledo are mentioned in a responsum by Alfasi.
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- Unknown
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Almoravid demand that Lucena's Jews convert to Islam
Around the turn of the 12th century the Almoravid ruler Yusuf ibn Tashfin demanded that the Jews convert to Islam. The community escaped only by paying a heavy bribe, though many Jews left for Navarre.
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- Yusuf ibn Tashfin (Almoravids)
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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.
- By
- Unknown
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