Expulsion1
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Parliament of Orange renews expulsion decree
During the first half of the 17th century the parliament of Orange repeatedly renewed the decree expelling Jews.
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- Parliament of Orange
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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Massacre / pogrom1
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Mexican auto da fé of March 1602
More than a hundred people were made to appear in penitential garb at an Inquisition auto in Mexico.
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- Inquisition tribunal in Mexico
- Where
- Mexico
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Forced conversion1
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Persecution and forced conversion under Shah Abbas I and II
Persecution and forced conversion begun under Shah Abbas I and renewed under Abbas II struck the Jewish communities of Persia, Isfahan's included, during the 17th century.
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- Shah Abbas I and Shah Abbas II
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Discriminatory law7
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Restrictions on physicians, forced sale of real estate, and commissioner
Vincenzo barred Jewish physicians from treating Christians without permission and ordered Jews to sell all real estate within a year. He placed Jewish civic and commercial affairs under a special commissioner and subjected them to church control.
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- Vincenzo Gonzaga and Pope Clement VIII
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Forced sale of Jewish property in Ferrara
Jews were ordered to sell all property they held within five years, and the order was carried out in 1602.
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- Papal government
- Where
- Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Ban on Jewish real estate ownership in Split
Because Jews were growing wealthy, Split prohibited them from owning real estate except with a special license, so that gentiles could not pledge houses and land to Jews.
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- Venetian authorities of Split
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Robbery and oppression of Jews by the ḳadi al-'asakir
A military judge sent from Constantinople robbed and oppressed the Jews of Egypt, bringing a severe trial upon them. It probably happened in the seventeenth century.
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- Ḳadi al-'asakir sent from Constantinople
- Where
- Egypt
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Toulouse parliament limits Jewish stays in Montpellier
The parliament of Toulouse allowed Jews from the Comtat-Venaissin to stay in Montpellier only one month in each season.
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- Parliament of Toulouse
- Where
- Montpellier, Languedoc, France
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Siegburg Jews forced to quarter troops
In the seventeenth century the Jews of Siegburg were made to host troops, in breach of the terms of their charter.
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- Unknown
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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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Ghettoization3
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Establishment of the Padua ghetto
A ghetto was set up in the streets already mostly inhabited by Jews, enclosed by four gates bearing insulting inscriptions. Jews were forced to live there in cramped, unhealthy conditions.
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- Venetian/Padua authorities
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Jews confined to the Jewish quarter of Bukhara
Around the turn of the 17th century a Jewish quarter was set up in Bukhara and Jews were forbidden to live outside its boundaries.
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- Bukharan authorities
- Where
- Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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Establishment of the Padua ghetto
The senate approved a ghetto for Padua's Jews in 1581, and it was finally established in 1602 after obstacles and difficulties.
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- Venetian senate
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False accusation (libel)2
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Seven Jews hanged for blasphemy in Mantua
Seven Jews were hanged on a blasphemy charge at the instigation of a Franciscan agitator.
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- Mantuan authorities, instigated by a Franciscan friar
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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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Soldiery burn Jewish quarters of Constantinople
In the seventeenth century, with the sultans weak and Muslim fanaticism growing, soldiers repeatedly set fire to Jewish quarters in order to plunder.
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- Ottoman soldiery
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Readmission / emancipation1
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Jews authorized to return to Nancy
Jews were permitted to return to Nancy at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
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- Unknown
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