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Crusaders burn the Jews of Jerusalem
When the crusaders took Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, they herded the Jews into a synagogue and burned them alive.
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- Crusaders
- Where
- Jerusalem
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Crusaders massacre Jerusalem's Jews
European Christian Crusaders took Jerusalem and slaughtered tens of thousands of its Jews.
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- Crusaders
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Face massacres when it falls
Jews fight side by side with Muslim soldiers to defend Jerusalem against the Crusaders and face massacres when it falls. According to the Muslim chronicle of Ibn al-Qalanisi, "The Jews assembled in their synagogue, and the Franks burned it over their heads." However, a contemporary Jewish communication does not corroborate the report that Jews were actually inside of the Synagogue when it was set on fire.
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- Crusaders
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Massacre of Jerusalem (1099)
Massacre of Jerusalem: slaughter of Muslims and Palestinian Jews by Christian Crusaders. Deaths: 10000.
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- Christian Crusaders
- Where
- Israel
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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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Coloman confines Jews to episcopal cities
King Coloman limited Jewish residence to cities that were seats of bishops, so the Church could keep them under constant watch.
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- King Coloman
- Where
- Hungary
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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
2 sources
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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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