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Archbishop Gerhard assigns Mainz Jews to the city with right to tax them at will
For a yearly payment, the archbishop gave his Jews to the city, which could tax them at will; the arrangement was renewed in 1366.
- By
- Archbishop Gerhard
- Where
- Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Berlin council bars wool merchants from supplying Jews
The Berlin council issued a letter forbidding wool merchants to sell wool yarn to Jews.
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- Berlin local council
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Jews forbidden to go out without cloaks
Jews in Perpignan were prohibited from appearing in the street without cloaks.
- By
- Aragonese authorities
- Where
- Perpignan, Roussillon, France
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Philip the Fair arrests the Jews and inventories their goods
The king had all the Jews arrested and their goods inventoried, with pawned valuables to be sold for the treasury, as a threat to force them to meet royal demands.
- By
- Philip the Fair
- Where
- France
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Jews of Bern forced to forfeit claims and pay fines
A royal commission ruled that the Jews lose all their claims against the mayor, council and citizens, surrender pledges and securities, and pay 1,000 marks to the community and 500 to the mayor. King Adolf confirmed this in 1294 and King Albrecht in 1300.
- By
- King Adolf's commission; King Adolf; King Albrecht
- Where
- Bern, Switzerland
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Persecution of Jews at Frankenberg and Geismar
Toward the end of the thirteenth century Jews in Hesse, who were taxed and held as serfs of the imperial chamber, were persecuted at Frankenberg and Geismar.
- By
- Unknown
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Boniface VIII's terror: denunciations and burning of Rome's rabbi
Under Boniface VIII informers were encouraged and many Jews were denounced to the Inquisition. In one case the community's rabbi was burned at the stake.
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- Pope Boniface VIII and the Inquisition
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Jews of Rome placed under merchant gilds' jurisdiction
During Boniface VIII's pontificate the Jews of Rome were made subject to the jurisdiction of the merchant gilds.
- By
- Pope Boniface VIII
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Charles II's restrictive ordinances on Jews of Provence
Charles II issued ordinances forbidding Jews, under threat of a fine, from having Christian servants, holding public office, or removing the distinguishing yellow badge.
- By
- Charles II of Anjou
- Where
- Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
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Tribute levied on Jews under Al-Naṣir Mohammed
Under Sultan Al-Naṣir Mohammed, Jews and Christians paid a per-head tribute of 10 to 25 dirhems.
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- Sultan Al-Naṣir Mohammed
- Where
- Egypt
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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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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.
- By
- Tatar invaders
- Where
- Mesopotamia, Iraq
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