Expulsion4
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Exile of Joseph ha-Kohen from Genoa
The historian Joseph ha-Kohen was exiled from Genoa despite his patients' pleas, after living there since 1501.
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- Genoese authorities
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Imperial decree ordering Portuguese merchants out of the Netherlands
An imperial decree ordered all merchants from Portugal to leave within a month; it was reissued in 1549 and led to most Maranos leaving Antwerp.
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- Emperor Charles V and regent Maria
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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.
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- 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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Massacre / pogrom2
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Massacre of Jews in Asolo, Italy
A massacre struck the small Jewish community of Asolo, Italy, killing 10 of its 37 Jewish residents.
- By
- Unknown
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Violence against Jews in Asolo
10 out of the 30 Jews living in Asolo are killed and their houses are robbed.
- By
- Unknown
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Forced conversion1
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Hessian decree extended; Jews forced to hear Christian sermons
The 1539 restrictions were expanded in 1543 and 1554, and Jews were compelled to attend Christian sermons.
- By
- Philip the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse
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Discriminatory law13
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Censorship of Jewish books begins
Censorship of Hebrew books began to be felt in Prague.
- By
- Imperial authorities
- Where
- Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Closing of Jewish banks in Padua
The Venetian republic ordered the Jewish banks closed and forbade the Jews to carry on money transactions.
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- Republic of Venice
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Ivan the Terrible becomes ruler of Russia and refuses to allow Jews to live in or even enter his kingdom because they "bring about great evil" (quoting his response to request by Polish king Sigismund II).
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- Polish king
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Queen Bona sets house tax on Kovel Jews
Queen Bona replaced the annual taxes on Jewish house-owners with a yearly tax of one gold ducat per house, with half that for rented houses.
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- Queen Bona
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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
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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
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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.
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- Venetian republic
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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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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
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Jewish community suffers under Spanish rule in Constantine
While Spaniards controlled Constantine, the Jewish community suffered severely.
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- Spaniards
- Where
- Constantine, Algeria
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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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False accusation (libel)3
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Arrest of Marranos in Colmar
About sixty Marranos from the Low Countries were arrested and freed only after swearing they were headed to a Christian country, not Turkey.
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- Colmar authorities
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Establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition
After popular pressure following the 1531 earthquake, the pope authorized the Inquisition against New Christians; it was suspended and reauthorized several times before irrevocable consent in 1547 and permanent tribunals were founded.
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- Papacy and King John III
- Where
- Portugal
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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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