Expulsion3
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Expulsion of Jews from Bryansk
Jews who had settled in Bryansk in the 15th century were expelled from the town.
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- 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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Renewed persecution of Gotha Jews
A later Jewish community in Gotha seems to have vanished amid renewed persecution.
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- Unknown
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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 law9
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Frederick III grants Estates' request to restrict Jewish settlement
Responding to the Estates' petition, Frederick granted that Jews could settle only where they had previously been allowed to reside.
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- Emperor Frederick III
- Where
- Austria
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René bars Jews from public office
At the request of the syndics, King René ordered that no Jew could hold public office, under penalty of a fifty-mark silver fine.
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- King René
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Yellow marker required on meat sold by Jews in Arnhem
Arnhem announced that any meat handled by Jews had to carry a small yellow flag to mark it. Anyone who disobeyed was fined ten groschen.
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- City authorities of Arnhem
- Where
- Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Wallachian tribute levied on Jews with mutilation penalty
The Wallachian waywode Vladimir V imposed a heavy silver tribute on every prominent Jew, threatening loss of the right eye or ear for non-payment. The sultan reportedly revoked the edict after returning from Anatolia, before 1474.
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- Vladimir V, waywode of Wallachia
- Where
- Vidin (Widdin), Bulgaria
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Emperor Sigismund
- Where
- Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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