Expulsion3
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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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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 law12
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Head-tax imposed on Jews including Kalisz
King Sigismund August issued an edict imposing a head-tax of one Polish florin on the Jews of several communities, including Kalisz.
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- King Sigismund August
- Where
- Kalisz, Greater Poland, Poland
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Ivan the Terrible refuses Jewish commercial visits to Moscow
Ivan IV rejected the Duke of Lithuania's request that Jews be allowed to visit Moscow for trade.
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- Ivan the Terrible
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Jews prohibited from entering Basel even with an escort
The earlier permission for Jews to enter the city accompanied by an official was withdrawn, and entry was prohibited.
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- City of Basel
- Where
- Basel, Switzerland
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Queen Bona restricts Jewish house purchases in Grodno
Queen Bona set tax regulations for the Jewish community and barred Jews from buying houses from citizens without special royal permission.
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- Queen Bona Sforza
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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.
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- 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.
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- Court of the Spanish Netherlands
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Russian rulers
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False accusation (libel)1
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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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Destruction1
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Jewish cemetery confiscated for a monastery
The Jewish cemetery was taken from the community so that a monastery extension could be built on the site.
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- Mantuan authorities
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