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Clement VI revokes the expulsion edict
On becoming pope, Clement VI cancelled John XXII's expulsion order, allowing Jews to return to Carpentras.
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- Pope Clement VI
- Where
- Carpentras, Provence, France
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Edward III authorizes Jewish residence in Bordeaux
Edward III permitted the Jews to reside in Bordeaux again, on condition of an annual payment of pepper to the archbishop.
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- Edward III of England
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Golden penny tax imposed on the Jews of Munich
From February 1342 the Jews had to pay an additional tax, the golden penny (Opferpfennig).
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- Bavarian authorities
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Imperial Opferpfennig and gulden tax on Jews
An imperial edict required every Jew aged twelve and over to pay the Opferpfennig plus a gold gulden each Christmas into the imperial treasury.
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- Holy Roman Emperor
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Opferpfennig poll tax levied on Rothenburg Jews
Emperor Louis levied a one-gulden tax on each Jew in Rothenburg.
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- Emperor Louis III of Bavaria
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Opferpfennig tax imposed on Nuremberg Jews
Jews in Nuremberg were forced to pay the Gulden Opferpfennig tax.
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- Imperial authorities
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Poll tax imposed on Jews by Louis IV
Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria ordered every Jewish man and widow aged 12 and over to pay a yearly gulden, adding to the taxes already levied on Jews.
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- Louis IV of Bavaria
- Where
- Germany
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Fine for journey to Eretz Israel
The royal treasurer fined Astruga, wife of David Adret, and their son Shealtiel for traveling to Eretz Israel against a crown prohibition.
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- Royal treasurer of Aragon
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Affonso IV restricts Jewish emigration
Affonso IV barred Jews owning property worth 500 livres from leaving without royal permission. Violators and those accompanying them would forfeit their property to the king.
- By
- Affonso IV
- Where
- Portugal
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Jews readmitted to France
Jews are repeatedly expelled from France and readmitted, for a price.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- France
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Discriminatory laws against the Jews of Orange
Accused of usury and immoral conduct, the Jews of Orange were subjected to harsh laws: barred from testifying against Christians without the prince's mandate, excluded from office, heavily taxed, and made to supply six men for the town guard.
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- Princes and municipality of Orange
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Gnesen archdiocese orders Jews to wear red cloth badge
The statutes of the archdiocese of Gnesen required Jews to wear a piece of blood-red cloth on the breast.
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- Archdiocese of Gnesen
- Where
- Greater Poland, Poland
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Mob attacks on Kalisz Jews over well-poisoning accusations
Throughout the fourteenth century, mobs in Kalisz attacked Jews, accusing them of poisoning wells during epidemics.
- By
- Mobs
- Where
- Kalisz, Greater Poland, Poland
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