Expulsion7
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Expulsion of Jews from the dominions of Margraves Frederick and Sigismund
The Jews were expelled from the territories ruled by the margraves Frederick and Sigismund.
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- Margraves Frederick and Sigismund
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Expulsion of the Jews from Arles
The Jews were definitively expelled from Arles and never returned.
- By
- Unknown
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Further expulsion of Jews from Trévoux
Another expulsion of the Jews from Trévoux took place.
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- Authorities of Trévoux
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Expulsion of the Jews from Teruel
Jews were ordered to leave Teruel in 1486, but the expulsion was only carried out in 1492 as part of the general expulsion from Spain.
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- Inquisition and Spanish crown
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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.
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- 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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Anti-Jewish disorders and sacking of loan banks in Forlì
Anti-Jewish riots erupted in Forlì; the Jewish loan banks were plundered and the bankers were forced out of the city, though they later resumed business.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Autos da fé of 1488 in Toledo
Two autos da fé burned 21 and 16 Jews respectively, with 400 more punished afterward.
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- Inquisition
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Valladolid auto da fé: 18 burned alive
The newly established Valladolid tribunal held its first auto da fé and burned 18 people who had openly professed Judaism.
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- Inquisition tribunal of Valladolid
- Where
- Valladolid, Castile, Spain
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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 law9
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Jewish physicians forbidden to practice in Geneva
Jewish physicians were banned from practicing medicine in Geneva.
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- Geneva authorities
- Where
- Geneva, Switzerland
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Jews fined for dancing and threatened over city well
Jews were fined for holding a dance before a Christian festival, and one was threatened with imprisonment for drawing water from the city well.
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- City of Nördlingen
- Where
- Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany
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Jews forced to cancel debts to avert expulsion
Jews had to cancel all debts owed to them as the condition for setting aside an expulsion order.
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- Margrave of Bayreuth
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Heavy war taxes on Guadalajara Jews for Granada war
The Jewish community was levied among the highest taxes of any Jewish community to fund the war against Granada, 104,220 maravedis in 1488 and 90,620 in 1491.
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- Castilian crown
- Where
- Guadalajara, Castile, Spain
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Forced levy on Jews of Carrión for the Granada war
The Jews of Carrión were made to pay a forced levy for the war with Granada, which rose from 11,692 maravedis in 1486 to 13,500 in 1490.
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- Crown of Castile
- Where
- Carrión de los Condes, Castile, Spain
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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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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.
- By
- Unknown
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False accusation (libel)6
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First Barcelona auto da fé under Inquisitor De Espina
Inquisitor Alfonso de Espina opened the Barcelona Inquisition's activity with an auto da fé whose first victim was the royal official Santa Fé, a descendant of a convert family.
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- Inquisition (Alfonso de Espina)
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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.
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- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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Readmission / emancipation1
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Decree against carrying Jews to the Holy Land revoked
The ban on transporting Jews to the Holy Land was revoked, so Jews could openly arrive via Jaffa.
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- The pope and the Venetian Republic
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