Expulsion6
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Duke Heinrich the Younger excludes Jews from Brunswick
Duke Heinrich the Younger banned all Jews from the territory of Brunswick, though the Jews of Münden were allowed to stay.
- By
- Duke Heinrich the Younger
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Renewed expulsion from crown cities
The expulsion decree was renewed and Jews left all crown cities except Prague, where a few families remained.
- By
- Bohemian crown authorities
- Where
- Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Kolin Jews allowed only one more year, then made to leave
Ferdinand granted the Jews safe-conduct for one year to collect debts, after which they had to leave; they departed the city in 1561.
- By
- King Ferdinand I
- Where
- Kolín, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Expulsion of the Jews from Oppeln
Ferdinand I, as Duke of Oppeln, proposed expelling the Jews in 1557 and the estates agreed; by 1565 all Jews were forced to leave the city and territory.
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- Ferdinand I and the Silesian estates
- Where
- Opole (Oppeln), Silesia, Poland
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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 / pogrom1
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Seventy houses were burned in the ghetto of Prague
Seventy houses were burned in the ghetto of Prague. Jews are temporarily banished.
- 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.
- By
- Pope Paul IV
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Discriminatory law7
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Portuguese edict forbidding Maranos to leave Portugal
Portugal issued an edict on June 30 barring Maranos from emigrating, in response to the heavy emigration to the colonies.
- By
- Portuguese Crown
- Where
- Portugal
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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.
- By
- 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.
- By
- 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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False accusation (libel)3
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Host libel against Kalisz Jews
Jews in Kalisz were accused in a host desecration libel.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Kalisz, Greater Poland, Poland
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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.
- By
- 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.
- By
- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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Destruction3
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Ashkenazic synagogue closed and fined
After an apostate found an Ibn Ezra commentary in the Ashkenazic synagogue, it was closed for nine months and the congregation fined 1,000 scudi.
- By
- Papal authorities
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Confiscation of all Hebrew books in Rome
Following inflammatory speeches by apostates and a Jew, all Hebrew books were confiscated.
- By
- Papal authorities
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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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Return of the Jews to Kolín (1557)
Jews were permitted to resettle in Kolín in 1557 after the earlier expulsion.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Kolín, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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