694 ⟶ 17th Council of Toledo: Confiscations and Child Abduction
17th Council of Toledo. King Ergica believes rumors that the...
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⚔️ Forced Conversions or Expulsion in Toledo
The Jews of Toledo are forced to convert or be expelled.⟶
VisigothsToledoForced ConversionExpulsionReligious PersecutionConversion7th CenturySpainReligious ViolencePersecution
Spain🔥 Burning of the Talmud and Jewish Books in Toledo
The Twelfth Council of Toledo enacts antisemitic laws including the burning of the Talmud and Jewish books.⟶
VisigothsToledoBurning of BooksTalmudReligious Law7th CenturySpainAntisemitismCensorshipPersecution
Spain📜 Erwig's Anti-Jewish Laws
Visigothic king Erwig begins his reign by enacting 28 anti-Jewish laws. He presses for the "utter extirpation of the pest of the Jews" and decrees that all converts must be registered by a parish priest, who must issue travel permits. All holidays, Christian and Jewish, must be spent in the presence of a priest to ensure piety and to prevent the backsliding.⟶
VisigothsErwigAnti-Jewish LawsLegislationReligious Persecution7th CenturySpainForced ConversionSocial ControlReligious Discrimination
Spain👶 17th Council of Toledo: Confiscations and Child Abduction
17th Council of Toledo. King Ergica believes rumors that the Jews had conspired to ally themselves with the Islamic invaders and forces Jews to give all land, slaves and buildings bought from Christians, to his treasury. He declares that all Jewish children over the age of seven should be taken from their homes and raised as Christians.⟶
VisigothsToledoChild AbductionConfiscationReligious PersecutionForced Conversion7th CenturySpainErgicaLegislation
Spain💀 Massacres and Forced Conversions in Navarre
5,000 Jews are massacred and their houses are burned down following Anti-Jewish preaching by a Franciscan Friar from Estella, near Pamplona. That same years, the Jews of Navarre choose to burn their homes and synagogues and drown their children rather than be forcibly converted.⟶
Forced ConversionMassacreSpainMedieval PeriodReligious PersecutionAnti-Jewish Violence
Spain👶 Two Roman Jewish Children Forcibly Baptized
Two Roman Jewish children are forcibly baptized by Pope Urban VIII.⟶
Forced ConversionChild AbductionReligious PersecutionPope Urban VIIIRome17th Century
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