Expulsion7
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Expulsion of the Jews from Austrian Breisgau
Jews were expelled from the Austrian Breisgau.
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- Unknown
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Expulsion of the Jews from Brandenburg
Elector John George ordered all Jews to leave Brandenburg; in Frankfurt not a single Jew was allowed to remain, even under secret protection.
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- Elector John George
- Where
- Brandenburg, Germany
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Second expulsion of the Jews from Frankfurt (Oder)
After returning, the Jews of Frankfurt were expelled again.
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- Brandenburg authorities
- Where
- Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
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Expulsion of the Jews from Lower Austria
An expulsion decree for Lower Austria was issued in 1572, suspended the next year, and apparently carried out in 1575 or 1576.
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- Habsburg government
- Where
- Lower Austria, Austria
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Expulsion decree for Jews of the duchy of Milan
Philip II of Spain ordered the governor of Milan to expel the Jews from the duchy in 1566. No attempt was made to carry it out until 1592, and the decree was later annulled.
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- Philip II of Spain
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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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Gregory XIII regulates compulsory conversionist sermons
Pope Gregory XIII renewed and organized the system of conversionist sermons aimed at Jews, which remained customary in Rome for generations.
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- Pope Gregory XIII
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Discriminatory law9
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Azaria dei Rossi publishes Me'or Einayim
Azaria dei Rossi, scholar, physician and a leading figure of Italian Jewry, published Me'or einayim (Light for the Eyes). Drawing on classical Greek and Latin as well as Christian and Jewish sources, he became the first since antiquity to treat the Hellenistic-Jewish philosopher Philo.
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- Unknown
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Compulsory small loans imposed on Venetian Jews
The government dropped the annual payment but obliged Jews to run pawnshops lending small sums at five percent interest, a duty the community had to fund, including mainland Jews and merchants.
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- Venetian government
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Restricted resettlement of Jews in Andernach
Jews managed to resettle in the town but their commercial privileges were limited.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Venetian Senate levies 50,000 scudi on Jews
The Venetian Senate imposed a levy of 50,000 scudi on the Jews. The Jews of Corfu were exempted from it by a later confirmation of their privileges.
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- Venetian Senate
- Where
- Republic of Venice (several countries)
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Inquisition introduced into Mexico
Spain established the Inquisition in Mexico and held its first auto da fé three years later, targeting Maranos and Jews who had fled there.
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- Spanish Inquisition
- Where
- Mexico
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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.
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- Russian rulers
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Ghettoization1
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Cinque Scole synagogue built in the Rome ghetto
From 1573 to 1581 the Cinque Scole Synagogue was built in Rome's ghetto. When the ghetto was created in 1555, Jews were allowed just one synagogue, although five prayer communities differing in ethnicity, language and social makeup existed.
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- Pope Pius V
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False accusation (libel)3
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Lippold of Prague executed on charge of poisoning the elector
Court financier Lippold was put to death on an accusation of having poisoned Elector Joachim II.
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- Brandenburg authorities
- Where
- Brandenburg, Germany
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Trial and execution of the court Jew Lippold
After the elector's sudden death, Lippold was accused of murdering him, tortured, convicted and executed.
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- Elector Johann Georg
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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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Readmission / emancipation2
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Jews permitted moneylending and shops in Genoa
Four times in this period Jews were granted permission to engage in moneylending and open shops in Genoa.
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- Genoese authorities
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Wilhelm IV annuls oppressive decrees in Hesse-Cassel
Landgrave Wilhelm IV repealed the oppressive decrees against Jews and established general toleration.
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- Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
- Where
- Hesse-Cassel, Germany
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