What happened to the Jews in 1543 AD?

"...their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb..."

By

Unknown

"...usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them..." and "Such money should now be used in... the following [way]... Whenever a Jew is sincerely converted, he should be handed [certain amount]..."

By

Unknown

Inquisition tribunal introduced in Porto

A tribunal of the Inquisition was established in Porto, targeting secret Jews among others.

By

The Inquisition

Where

Porto, Portugal

Monte di pietà established against Jewish moneylenders

The pope sanctioned a Christian pawnbank whose stated aim was to force Jewish usurers into handicrafts, beginning an era of reaction against Roman Jews.

By

Pope Paul III

Where

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Restricted residence permits and payments for Jews in Soest

Jews were allowed to remain for fixed terms only in return for heavy payments and annual tribute, with renewal for a fee, a ban on butchering and a cap on interest rates.

By

Soest city council

Where

Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Decrees against harboring Maranos in the Netherlands

The court issued repeated decrees forbidding people to shelter Marano refugees and ordering citizens to report them to the authorities. The measures were largely ineffective.

By

Court of the Spanish Netherlands

Where

Spanish Netherlands, Netherlands

Ban on Jewish moneylending in Verona

Citizens petitioned Venice to forbid Jewish lending at interest; the request was granted and the prohibition ratified in 1548.

By

Venetian republic

Where

Verona, Veneto, Italy

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

Where

Gelderland, Netherlands · Utrecht, Netherlands

Renewed enforcement of distinctive Jewish garb

Ferdinand zealously revived the almost forgotten rules requiring Jews to wear distinctive dress, with decrees in 1541, 1544, 1551 and 1571.

By

Ferdinand I

Where

Bohemia, Czech Republic

Jewish community suffers under Spanish rule in Constantine

While Spaniards controlled Constantine, the Jewish community suffered severely.

By

Spaniards

Where

Constantine, Algeria

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.

By

Popes Alexander VI, Clement VII, Paul IV and Pius V

Where

Avignon, Provence, France

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

Where

Dalmatia, Croatia

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

Where

Moscow, Russia