Expulsion6
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Jews given one year's notice to leave Nördlingen
The city ordered the Jews to leave within a year, and no Jews are mentioned there for several years afterward.
- By
- City of Nördlingen
- Where
- Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany
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Capistrano persecutions and expulsion from Breslau
The preacher John of Capistrano inflamed the masses against Jews, starting a wave of persecutions that ended in the expulsion of the Jews from Breslau.
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- John of Capistrano
- Where
- Wrocław (Breslau), Silesia, Poland
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Expulsion of the Jews from Brünn, Znaim, Olmütz and Neustadt
During the reign of Ladislaus Posthumus, probably influenced by John of Capistrano, the Jews were expelled from these towns and given four months to find a new home. Their synagogues, cemeteries and baths passed to the citizens.
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- King Ladislaus Posthumus
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Expulsion of Jews from Bryansk
Jews who had settled in Bryansk in the 15th century were expelled from the town.
- By
- Unknown
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Expulsion of the Jews from Bonn
The Jews were expelled from Bonn in the 15th century, though they later returned.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Relocation of Arta's Jews to Istanbul (sürgün)
Under Ottoman rule in the 15th century, the Jews of Arta were forcibly moved to the capital, Istanbul, as part of the sürgün resettlement policy.
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- Ottoman authorities
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Massacre / pogrom1
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Christian hostility forces Jewish families to emigrate from Fano
Hostility from the Christian populace, felt even by the bankers, drove some Jewish families to leave Fano.
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- Christian populace of Fano
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Forced conversion2
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Forced attendance at conversion sermons in Nuremberg
In the later fifteenth century Jews were compelled to attend sermons by John of Capistrano and the Dominican Schwarz aimed at converting them.
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- Preaching friars and Nuremberg authorities
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Abraham Zacuto, astronomer, flees Spain for Portugal
The astronomer and historian Abraham Zacuto produced tables that Columbus used. After the 1492 expulsion he moved to Portugal, where he devised the metal astrolabe used by Vasco da Gama.
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- Columbus
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Discriminatory law8
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Badge ordered for Regensburg Jews
After the duke demanded expulsion, the city council refused at first but ordered the Jews to wear the badge.
- By
- Regensburg city council
- Where
- Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Yellow badge imposed on Jews of Milan
Although the Jews gained certain privileges in 1452, they were still compelled to wear the yellow badge.
- By
- Papal and ducal authorities
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Nicholas V renews anti-Jewish legislation
Pope Nicholas V renewed earlier anti-Jewish laws and supported the anti-Jewish campaigns of John of Capistrano.
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- Pope Nicholas V
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Jews excluded from public office in Tarascon
From the second half of the 15th century Jews were excluded from holding public office.
- By
- Unknown
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Harsh restrictions on Jews of Cagliari and other communities
After 1430 Jews outside Alghero were forced into special quarters, made to wear distinctive caps, and barred from jewelry, non-black shoes, trading on Christian feast-days and employing Christians; foreign Jews were forbidden to settle on pain of death.
- By
- Spanish/Aragonese authorities in Sardinia
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Papal and Venetian decrees against shipping Jews to the Holy Land
In the 15th century the pope and the Venetian Republic issued decrees forbidding the carrying of Jews to the Holy Land, which made Jewish immigration through Jaffa dangerous.
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- The pope and the Venetian Republic
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Bishops of Cosenza attempt to tax Jewish assets
During the fifteenth century the bishops of Cosenza repeatedly tried to impose taxes on Jewish property.
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- Bishops of Cosenza
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Jews limited to three-day stays in Metz
In the fifteenth century Jews in Metz itself were permitted to remain for only three days.
- By
- Town of Metz
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Ghettoization1
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Jewish quarter of Alcañiz enclosed and locked at night
During the 15th century the Jewish quarter was walled off and its gates were locked every night.
- By
- Unknown
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False accusation (libel)1
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Ravensburg blood libel, burnings and expulsions
A blood accusation led Emperor Sigismund to burn some Jews of Ravensburg and expel others.
- By
- Emperor Sigismund
- Where
- Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Destruction1
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Demolition of Marburg synagogue and loss of cemetery
The synagogue was torn down in 1452 and the Jewish cemetery came into non-Jewish possession.
- By
- Unknown
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Readmission / emancipation1
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Jews placed under secular jurisdiction
The Jews of Palermo were removed from ecclesiastical control and placed under secular jurisdiction.
- By
- Sicilian crown
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