Expulsion4
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Duke Guido Ubaldo exiles Marranos from Pesaro
After the failed boycott, the duke expelled the Marranos he had earlier welcomed; about seven hundred fled by ship, and some were captured by papal naval police and enslaved.
- By
- Duke Guido Ubaldo of Urbino
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Expulsion of the Jews from Vercelli
The Jews were expelled from Vercelli but were later readmitted after paying 200 florins.
- By
- Vercelli authorities
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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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Student riots against Kraków Jews (1556)
Students rioted against the Jews in December 1556, adding to the community's distress.
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- Students of Kraków
- Where
- Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
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Violence against Jews in Sokhachev
A rumor is sent around that a poor woman in Sokhachev named Dorothy sold Jews the holy wafer received by her during communion, and that it was stabbed until it bled. The Bishop of Khelm accuses the local Jews, and eventually three Jews along with Dorothy Lazhentzka are arrested, put on the rack, and sentenced to death on charges of host desecration.
- By
- Unknown
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Forced conversion1
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Paul IV's commissioner forces Portuguese Jews to convert
Paul IV sent a commissioner to Ancona to imprison Portuguese Jews who refused baptism and condemn them to the stake. Sixty-three, terrorized, renounced their faith.
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- Pope Paul IV
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Discriminatory law11
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1556 agreement restricting Jewish lodging in Bar
An agreement with the townspeople of Bar, ratified by King Sigismund II, set terms for Jews, including a ban on lodging Jewish visitors in the city.
- By
- Citizens of Bar
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Dona Gracia Mendes leads boycott of Ancona
In response to Pope Paul IV's persecution of Ancona's Jews, Dona Gracia Mendes organized an economic boycott of the port in favor of Pesaro, which had taken in Jewish refugees. It failed because Jews were divided by fear of further persecution.
- By
- Pope Paul IV
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Paul IV orders burning of Jews and Maranos from Portugal
Pope Paul IV decreed that all Jews or Maranos arriving from Portugal were to be burned immediately.
- By
- Pope Paul IV
- Where
- Papal States, Italy
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Police regulation imposing body-tax and trade bans
John Frederick the Younger's regulation imposed a body-tax, limited foreign Jews to one night's stay on Saxon soil, and prohibited trade and traffic.
- By
- John Frederick the Younger
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Tax for closed synagogues
Paul IV issued an edict requiring the Jews to pay taxes for the synagogues that had been closed.
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- Pope Paul IV
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Paul IV's restrictions on Roman Jews
Paul IV ordered the Jews to wear the yellow cap and hood, banned rag trading and forbade Christians to employ Jewish physicians.
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- Pope Paul IV
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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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Popes renew anti-Jewish decrees
Successive popes renewed the earlier decrees restricting the Jews, including the badge requirement.
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- Popes Paul IV, Pius V and Clement VIII
- Where
- Carpentras, Provence, France
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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.
- By
- Russian rulers
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Ghettoization2
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Jews again enclosed in a ghetto at Bologna
Pope Paul IV ordered the Jews of Bologna confined to a ghetto again in May 1556.
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- Pope Paul IV
- Where
- Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Jews barred from residing in Kovel market-place
Queen Bona forbade Jews to live in the market-place and ordered Jewish house-owners there to move to the Jewish streets.
- By
- Queen Bona
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False accusation (libel)3
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Ritual murder accusation against Hirsch Rubin and Schmerein
Two Jews were accused of killing a Christian child for ritual purposes; the accuser was found guilty of slander and the Jews were released in 1556.
- By
- Anna Grävin
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Host-desecration libel and burning of Jews at Sochaczow
A rumor spread that Jews had pierced a consecrated host sold to them by a Christian woman. The Bishop of Kholm had three Jews imprisoned and sentenced.
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- Bishop of Kholm and Nuncio Lipomano
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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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Destruction2
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Burning of the Talmud and Hebrew books permitted
The Venetian senate permitted the Talmud and other Hebrew books to be burned.
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- Venetian senate
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Inquisition searches for forbidden Hebrew books
The Inquisition searched the dukedom's Jewish communities for banned Hebrew books in 1554 and again in 1566.
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- Inquisition
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Readmission / emancipation1
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Jews permitted to practise most handicrafts
The ban on Jewish trades was partly eased, allowing Jews to engage in all handicrafts except those connected with the fine arts.
- By
- Pope Paul IV
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