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.
- 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 / pogrom2
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Ottoman invasion of Otranto kills Jews
When the Ottoman army invaded Otranto, the Jews there were all killed by the Turks.
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- Ottoman army
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Inquisition established and Conversos burned in Castile
The Catholic monarchs introduced the Inquisition, appointing inquisitors in 1480 who began work in Seville in 1481; hundreds of Conversos were burned and thousands punished.
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- Spanish Inquisition under the Catholic monarchs
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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 law13
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Cortes of Toledo adopts anti-Jewish decrees
Ferdinand and Isabella settled their anti-Jewish policy while in Toledo, and the Cortes meeting there passed a series of decrees against the Jews.
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- Ferdinand and Isabella; Cortes
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Duke bans Bernardinus of Feltre's anti-Jewish preaching in Pavia
Bernardinus of Feltre's sermons stirred the populace against the Jews, and Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza prohibited him from preaching further. This is a protective act, so it is not included.
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- Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza
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Glogau granted right to exclude Jews
Glogau received the right to exclude Jews, as Duke John hoped to raise money by selling their property.
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- Duke John of Glogau
- Where
- Głogów (Glogau), Lower Silesia, Poland
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Papal bull authorizes the Inquisition in Spain
Sixtus IV issued a bull empowering the Catholic kings to appoint inquisitors over heretics, which began the autos da fé in Spain that struck Jews and Neo-Christians.
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- Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- Spain
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Papal bull favorable to Jews annulled
Sixtus IV's relatively favorable bull of 1479 was annulled at the start of 1480 after the city council and guilds opposed it.
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- City council and guilds of Avignon
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Spanish Inquisition established in Castile
Queen Isabella signed the document that established the Inquisition in her dominions. The Inquisition was aimed chiefly at converted Jews, and its first inquisitors were appointed later that month.
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- Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
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Heavy fine imposed on the Jews of Dauphiné by Louis XI
Louis XI accused the Jews of Dauphiné of excessive usury and of dealings with his enemies, and imposed a fine too heavy to pay, which drove most of them to emigrate.
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- Louis XI
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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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Ghettoization6
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Decision to segregate the Jews of Guadalajara
A decision was made in 1480 to segregate the Jews, and attempts followed to move them into an isolated area away from Christians.
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- Castilian authorities
- Where
- Guadalajara, Castile, Spain
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Jews and Conversos segregated into separate quarters in Palencia
Jews and Conversos were separated and Jews were confined to a new enclosed quarter on Maria Gutiérrez Street.
- By
- Unknown
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Segregation of Jews into separate quarters ordered at Cortes of Toledo
The Catholic monarchs ordered all Jews to be separated into special barrios, and the Jewish quarters were then walled off.
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- Catholic monarchs
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Segregation of Ávila Jews into a separate quarter
Under Ferdinand and Isabella, the Jews of Ávila were segregated into a separate quarter of the city.
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- Ferdinand and Isabella
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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)6
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Imprisonment of 17 Regensburg Jews over Trent ritual murder accusation
Seventeen Jews were jailed after a defendant in the Trent ritual murder trial implicated them; the city freed them after about four years under pressure from Frederick III.
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- City of Regensburg
- Where
- Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Inquisition trial of Abraham Alitiens
The Inquisition tried the community beadle Abraham Alitiens for events of the 1460s, and he was martyred.
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- Spanish Inquisition
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Bernardino da Feltre's sermons against Pavia's Jewish loan-bankers
The preacher Bernardino da Feltre violently attacked Jewish moneylenders in his sermons, prompting townspeople to demand their expulsion, which Duke Sforza refused.
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- Bernardino da Feltre
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Dauphin Louis fines Jews of Dauphiné
Louis, accusing the Jews of usury and dealings with his enemies, fined them 1,500 gold crowns, prompting many to emigrate.
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- Dauphin Louis (later Louis XI)
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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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Spanish Inquisition
Established with papal approval, the Inquisition investigated and tried conversos (converted Jews and their descendants) suspected of secretly practising Judaism. Thousands were executed and many more punished.
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- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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Destruction1
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Jewish houses demolished and synagogue abandoned in Rhodes
During the Turkish siege, the Jewish houses were torn down to reinforce the city wall, and after the siege the Knights built two churches on the synagogue's site, so the synagogue had to be abandoned.
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- Knights Hospitalers (Pierre d'Aubusson)
- Where
- Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
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Readmission / emancipation2
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Charter allowing Jews to settle in Antwerp
Antwerp's authorities obtained a charter allowing Jews to settle in the city, on condition that they cause no scandal.
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- Antwerp authorities
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Louis XI permits limited Jewish residence in Paris
A few Jews were allowed to live in Paris under Louis XI, provided they obtained a police license renewed every two or three months.
- By
- Louis XI
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
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