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Interest cap of 12 per cent on Khania Jews
By this date the Jews of Khania were limited to charging no more than 12 per cent interest on loans.
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- Venetian authorities
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Leibzoll body tax imposed on Jews in Worms
The city council fixed a personal toll that every Jew over twelve had to pay.
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- Worms city council
- Where
- Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Wenceslaus annuls debts owed to Jews
Emperor Wenceslaus sold cancellations of debts owed to Jews to cities and princes for payment, and penalised anyone who helped Jews collect, impoverishing thousands of families.
- By
- Emperor Wenceslaus
- Where
- Holy Roman Empire (several countries)
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Debt remission under Wenceslaus ruins Munich Jews
Emperor Wenceslaus ordered the cancellation of debts owed to Jews, causing Munich Jews to lose all their assets.
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- Emperor Wenceslaus
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Expulsion of the Jews from Nancy
Jews were expelled from Nancy toward the end of the fourteenth century.
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- Unknown
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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Restrictions on Jews under Queen Joanna of Provence
In the latter half of the fourteenth century, harsh restrictions were imposed on Jews, including limits on testimony, bathing, work and travel.
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- Queen Joanna of Provence
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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.
- By
- 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.
- By
- 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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This entry records a false accusation made against Jews. The accusation was untrue; it is recorded because of the persecution it caused. About false accusations
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