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 / pogrom3
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First auto da fé at Seville
The Inquisition held its first auto da fé at Seville on Feb. 6, 1481, and burned six men and women at the stake.
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- Inquisition
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Mass burnings of Maranos at Seville
Autos da fé took place at least monthly in Seville, including 17 burnings on March 26. By November nearly 300 had been burned and 79 imprisoned for life.
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- Inquisition
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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 conversion3
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Forced baptism of a Jewish girl in Marseille
A Christian woman forcibly baptized a young Jewish girl at the baptistery of Saint-Martin; René closed the baptistery after the Jewish deputies complained.
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- A Christian woman
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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 law11
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Annulment of Jewish short-term lending decree
The city elders secured the annulment of the duke's decree permitting Jews to lend for shorter terms, restricting their moneylending.
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- Elders of the city of Parma
- Where
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Decree fixing harsh penalties for offenses against Christianity
A decree set severe punishments for Jews: amputation of hands for offenses against Christianity, and 200 lashes plus a 200-ducat fine for employing Christian servants.
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- Spanish/Aragonese authorities in Sardinia
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Edict to seize fugitive Maranos and confiscate their property
The inquisitors ordered nobles and city officials to seize Maranos who had fled to their territories and to confiscate their property, on pain of excommunication. In the Marquis of Cadiz's territory alone, 8,000 were taken to Seville and handed over to the Inquisition.
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- Inquisitors of Seville
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Anti-Jewish restrictions in Sardinia
After Ferdinand's accession, anti-Jewish restrictions were imposed on Sardinian Jews in 1481 and 1485, and with particular severity in 1487.
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- Ferdinand of Aragon
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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.
- 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.
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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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Ghettoization4
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Jews of Carrión obliged to live in a separate quarter
The Jews of Carrión were required to live in a segregated quarter.
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- Crown of Castile
- Where
- Carrión de los Condes, Castile, Spain
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Judería of Ávila completely enclosed
The Jewish quarter of Ávila was fully walled off from the rest of the city.
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- Ávila authorities
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Segovia Jews confined to a separate Juderia
The Catholic monarchs required the Jews to live strictly within a new quarter fully segregated from Christian dwellings.
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- Catholic regents (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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The Spanish Inquisition is instituted
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- Inquisition
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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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Earthquakes destroy the Jewish quarter of Rhodes
Earthquakes again destroyed the Jewish quarter, leading many Jews to leave the island.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
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Readmission / emancipation1
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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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