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Attack on Northampton Jews by baronial rebels
Baronial rebels assaulted the Jews of Northampton, who had to seek shelter in the castle.
- By
- Baronial rebels
- Where
- Northampton, England, United Kingdom
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Barcelona disputation and censorship of the Talmud
Naḥmanides was made to debate the apostate Pablo Christiani before James I of Aragon; afterward he was forced to leave the country, and a royal committee was appointed to censor offending Talmud passages.
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- James I of Aragon; Pablo Christiani; Dominicans
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Jewish cemetery given to Cistercians in Montpellier
James I gave one of the Jewish cemeteries to the Cistercians of Valmagne, who built a theological college on the site.
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- James I of Aragon
- Where
- Montpellier, Languedoc, France
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Jews compelled to attend conversionist sermons and censor texts
After the Barcelona disputation, Jews in Aragon were forced to attend sermons aimed at converting them and to remove references to Jesus and Mary from their writings.
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- Kingdom of Aragon and the Church
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Ritual murder accusation against Jews of Schweinfurt
The murder of a seven-year-old Christian girl was blamed on the Jews, and the mayor intervened to stop the mob from attacking them. The child was later found to have been killed in a local factional quarrel.
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- Christian townspeople
- Where
- Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
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Siete Partidas penalizes Jews without the badge
Alfonso X's law code imposed a fine or lashing on Jews who failed to wear the badge.
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- Alfonso X of Castile
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Looting of Jewries during the Barons' War
During the Barons' War, the Jewries of London, Canterbury, Northampton, Winchester, Cambridge, Worcester and Lincoln were looted. The archae holding records of Jewish debts were destroyed or taken to the barons' headquarters at Ely.
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- Barons' party
- Where
- England, United Kingdom
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Baibars doubles the tribute of non-Muslims
Sultan Baibars doubled the tribute paid by the protected non-Muslim subjects, including the Jews.
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- Sultan Baibars
- Where
- Egypt
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Baibars extorts heavy tribute from Jews after abandoning plan to burn them
Baibars, after planning to burn the Jews, instead levied a heavy tribute from them. Many Jews perished during its collection.
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- Sultan Baibars
- Where
- Egypt
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Heavy taxation of the Worms Jews for the Rhenish Alliance and King Richard
The Jews of Worms were taxed large sums for the public peace of the Rhenish Alliance, and later had to pay annual sums to King Richard of Cornwall.
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- Rhenish Alliance and King Richard of Cornwall
- Where
- Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Segregated Jewish quarter ordered in Murcia
Alfonso X assigned a special quarter to the Jewish community of Murcia and explicitly ordered that Jews not live among Christians.
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- Alfonso X of Castile
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Jews barred from settling in Khorezm
In the 13th century the authorities of Khorezm forbade Jews from other places to settle there, which limited the community to a small local group.
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- Local authorities of Khorezm
- Where
- Khorezm, Uzbekistan
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Pisa statutes bar Jewish testimony and require Jewish badge
Statutes of the Pisan republic in the thirteenth century excluded Jews from giving evidence and ordered them to wear the Jews' badge.
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- Republic of Pisa
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Near-annihilation of Mesopotamian Jewry in the 13th century
During the Tatar invasions of the 13th century, the Jewish community of Mesopotamia was almost wiped out, leaving only a remnant.
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- Tatar invaders
- Where
- Mesopotamia, Iraq
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