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Clement VII orders distinctive Jewish dress
A papal bull required Jewish men to wear a yellow hat and women to wear another distinguishing mark.
- By
- Pope Clement VII
- Where
- Carpentras, Provence, France
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Destruction of the former Rothenburg synagogue
The former synagogue, which had been turned into a chapel, was destroyed by the Reformers in 1525.
- By
- Reformers
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Expulsion of the Jews from Landau
The mayor of Landau, despite the Elector Palatine's opposition, expelled the Jewish families he had admitted in 1517.
- By
- Mayor of Landau
- Where
- Landau, Palatinate, Germany
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Prince Janush bans Jews from residing in Warsaw
Prince Janush of Mazovia decreed that Jews could not live in Warsaw or engage in trade or industry there, following pressure from Christian merchants.
- By
- Prince Janush of Mazovia
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Expulsion of remaining Jews by Heilbronn city council
The city council expelled the few remaining Jews in 1523 and 1529, and afterwards barred Jews from entering the town until the mid-seventeenth century.
- By
- Heilbronn city council
- Where
- Heilbronn, Württemberg, Germany
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Persecution of Jews under Louis II
During the reign of Louis II persecution of the Jews occurred regularly, fueled by resentment over official corruption.
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- Hungarian populace and authorities
- Where
- Hungary
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Expulsion of Jews by Margrave George the Pious
Margrave George the Pious banished the Jews in 1515 and permitted them to return in 1528.
- By
- Margrave George the Pious
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Charles V's edicts against unbaptized Jews in Gelderland and Utrecht
Charles V issued a proclamation against Jews who had not been baptized in Gelderland and Utrecht, and repeated these edicts in 1545 and 1549.
- By
- Emperor Charles V
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Jewish community suffers under Spanish rule in Constantine
While Spaniards controlled Constantine, the Jewish community suffered severely.
- By
- Spaniards
- Where
- Constantine, Algeria
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Expulsion of Regensburg exiles from surrounding settlements
The Jews who had settled near Regensburg under the Duke of Bavaria's protection were expelled from those places later in the sixteenth century.
- By
- Duke of Bavaria
- Where
- Stadtamhof, Bavaria, GermanyRegensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Expulsion of the Jews from Pilsen
During the sixteenth century the Jews of Pilsen were expelled, as in most other Bohemian cities.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Plzeň (Pilsen), Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Popes enforce Jew-badge and cancel debts owed to Jews
Successive popes renewed and intensified restrictions on Jews, annulled debts of ten years' standing owed to them, and forced them to wear the Jew-badge under severe penalties.
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- Popes Alexander VI, Clement VII, Paul IV and Pius V
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Venetian ban on Jewish property ownership in Dalmatia
A Venetian doge's ordinance barred Jews in Dalmatia from owning real estate, which effectively kept them from settling there.
- By
- Venetian doge
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Jews excluded from Moscow for religious enmity
From the early sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century Jews were barred from living in or entering Moscow because of religious hostility.
- By
- Russian rulers
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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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