Massacre / pogrom3
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After an accusation from an old woman that the Jews had bought a Christian child from her to kill, the entire Jewish community of Pforzheim face massacres and expulsion. Rabbi Samuel ben Yaḳar ha-Levi, Rabbi Isaac ben Eliezer and Rabbi Abraham ben Gershom commit suicide to escape the cruel torture they feared.
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- Unknown
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Persecution of Jews at Pforzheim (1267)
Jews of Pforzheim suffered persecution in 1267.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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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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Discriminatory law17
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Bull Turbato Corde empowers Inquisition against Jews in Rome
Pope Clement IV's bull gave the Inquisition power directed against neophytes returning to Judaism and Jews who encouraged them.
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- Pope Clement IV
3 sources
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Church bans social contact with Jews and sets dress code
The Church prohibited social contact between Christians and Jews and laid down rules for how Jews must dress.
- By
- Unknown
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Church councils of Breslau and Vienna mandate the Jewish pointed hat
Church councils at Breslau and Vienna required Jews in Silesia, Poland and Austria to wear the pointed hat as a distinguishing sign.
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- Church councils of Breslau and Vienna
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Council of Breslau legislates on Jews of Great Poland
The Church council at Breslau enacted rules concerning the Jews of Great Poland, following the canons of the Lateran Council.
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- Council of Breslau (Catholic clergy)
- Where
- Greater Poland, Poland
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In a special session, the Vienna city council forces Jews to wear Pileum cornutum (a cone-shaped headdress, prevalent in many medieval illustrations of Jews). This distinctive dress is an addition to Yellow badge Jews were already forced to wear.
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- Vienna city council
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Jews barred from public functions and new synagogues
Jews were forbidden to take part in public functions or to build new synagogues.
- By
- Alphonse de Poitiers
2 sources
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Salzburg council orders Jewish men to wear horned hat
The district council required Jewish males to wear a horn-shaped hat, barred them from Christian baths, and forbade them from employing Christian domestics.
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- District council of Salzburg
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Synod of Breslau enacts restrictions on Jews
A provincial church synod issued strict rules segregating Jews from Christians, requiring a special cap, limiting trades and allowing only one synagogue per town.
- By
- Provincial synod of Breslau
- Where
- Wrocław (Breslau), Silesia, Poland
2 sources
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The Synod of Breslau orders Jews to live in a segregated quarter
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- Synod of Breslau
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The Synod of Vienna forbids Christians from attending Jewish ceremonies, and Jews from debating with "simple Christian people" about the beliefs of the Catholic religion.
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- Synod of Vienna
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Vienna Council imposes anti-Jewish canons
A church council in Vienna under Cardinal Guido issued canons restricting Jews: distinctive dress, payments to parish priests, and bans on many social and economic contacts with Christians.
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- Church council of Vienna (Cardinal Guido)
3 sources
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Vienna forces Jews to wear the horned hat
Meeting in special session, Vienna's city council required Jews to don the pileum cornutum, the cone-shaped hat seen in many medieval woodcuts of Jews, on top of the badge already imposed on them.
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- Vienna city council
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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.
- By
- 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.
- By
- 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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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.
- By
- 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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Ghettoization1
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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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False accusation (libel)2
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Blood libel and judicial murder of Jews at Pforzheim
Jews of Pforzheim were accused over a girl's corpse found in the river, and Jewish sources indicate they were judicially killed as a result.
- By
- Local Christian authorities
2 sources
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Trial and exile of Nahmanides
Nahmanides was put on trial for his frankness in the Barcelona disputation. Although acquitted, he had to leave Spain and settled in Jerusalem in 1267.
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- Aragonese royal and Church authorities
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Destruction1
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Order to collect Jewish books in the kingdom of Aragon
Pope Clement IV instructed the archbishop of Tarragona to gather the books of the Jews across Aragon and give them to the Dominicans and Franciscans.
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- Pope Clement IV
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