Expulsion4
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Matthias Corvinus expels Jews from Vienna
After capturing Vienna, the Hungarian king granted the citizens' petition to expel the Jews.
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- King Matthias Corvinus
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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 / pogrom6
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22 Conversos burned by the Spanish Inquisition
After the Spanish Inquisition was established, 22 Conversos were burned at the stake in Perpignan.
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- Spanish Inquisition
- Where
- Perpignan, Roussillon, France
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Attacks on Jews in Aix, Marseilles and Arles
Jews were attacked in numerous Provençal localities, notably Aix, Marseilles and Arles.
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- Unknown
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Inquisition burns Conversos in Teruel
Inquisitors sent by Torquemada condemned more than 30 Conversos to burning at the stake in Teruel.
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- Inquisition
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Inquisition trials of Conversos in Valencia
Inquisitors appointed in 1484 under Torquemada's instructions prosecuted Conversos in Valencia. By June 1488 hundreds had been reconciled to the Church and about 100 had been burned at the stake.
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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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Torquemada's Inquisition condemns 13,000 Conversos
Under Inquisitor-General Torquemada, the Inquisition condemned some 13,000 Conversos for secretly practicing Judaism in under twelve years, terrorizing Jewish communities.
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- Tomás de Torquemada and the Inquisition
- Where
- Spain
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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 law16
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Ban on commerce for Jews and Moors in Burgos
Jews and Moors were forbidden to engage in commerce, officially to keep prices low.
- By
- Unknown
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Distinctive sign and lodging ban for Jews of Palencia
Jews were ordered to wear a distinguishing sign, and Christians were barred from lodging in Jewish houses, though they could work there by day.
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- Unknown
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Jews compelled to attend anti-Jewish sermons
Prince Francesco Gonzaga ordered all Jews and their wives to attend Bernardino da Feltre's anti-Jewish sermons.
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- Francesco Gonzaga
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Jews declared royal property and barred from exporting belongings
The vice-king declared Jews to be royal property under the royal attorney's jurisdiction and prohibited them from taking their belongings off the island.
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- Vice-king Ximene Perez
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Oppressive taxes laid on Cretan Jews (1485)
Venetian authorities imposed heavy taxes on the Jews of Crete.
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- Venetian government
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Palencia Jews levied for ransom of Malaga prisoners
The Jews of Palencia were required to contribute a large sum of maravedis toward redeeming the prisoners of Malaga.
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- Unknown
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Special levy on Jews of Córdoba and Palma for Granada war
The communities of Córdoba and Palma were charged a special levy of gold castellanos to fund the war against Granada.
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- Crown of Castile
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Tax levied on Jews of Castrojeriz for war against Granada
The declining Jewish community was taxed 23 castilianos to help fund the war against Granada.
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- Crown of Castile
- Where
- Castrojeriz, Castile, Spain
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War levy on Briviesca Jews for Granada war
A levy for the war with Granada was imposed on the Briviesca Jewish community and nearby Jews, totaling 127 Castilians.
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- Castilian crown
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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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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)7
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Inquisition tribunal established in Valladolid
An Inquisition tribunal was set up in Valladolid, and an investigation of Conversos suspected of returning to Judaism was conducted.
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- Inquisition / royal tribunal
- Where
- Valladolid, Castile, Spain
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Inquisition tribunal at Ciudad Real
An Inquisitional tribunal was established in Ciudad Real to prosecute suspected Judaizing Conversos in the region; it operated for two years and burned many at the stake.
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- Inquisition
- Where
- Ciudad Real, Castile, Spain
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Inquisition trials of Huesca Jews over readmission of Conversos
About 25 years after Conversos from Castile were received back into Judaism, many who had attended were tried by the Inquisition, and Abraham Almosnino and Isaac Cocumbriel were burned at the stake.
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- Spanish 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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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.
- By
- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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