1310Anti-Jewish Laws in Aragon

Frederick II of Aragon adopts anti-Jewish laws, which requir...
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📜 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.
Erwig's Anti-Jewish Laws (682)
VisigothsErwigAnti-Jewish LawsLegislationReligious Persecution7th CenturySpainForced ConversionSocial ControlReligious Discrimination
SpainSpain

⛪ Conversion Sermons Ordered in Aragon

James I of Aragon orders Jews to listen to conversion sermons and to attend churches. Friars are given power to enter synagogues uninvited.
Conversion Sermons Ordered in Aragon (1242)
Forced conversionReligious persecutionAragonCatholic ChurchMiddle AgesSpainCoercionReligious pressure
SpainSpain

📜 Anti-Jewish Laws Implemented in the Levant

Mongols are defeated and Syria is brought under Mamluk rule. Anti-Jewish laws are once again decreed, and Jewish life becomes a lot more restricted in the Levant.
Mamluk ruleLevantReligious discriminationLegal restrictionsJewish lifeMiddle AgesIslamic world
SyriaSyria

📜 Philip the Fair Prohibits Jewish Settlement in France

Philip the Fair publishes an ordinance prohibiting the Jews to settle in France.
Philip the Fair Prohibits Jewish Settlement in France (1291)
LegislationFrancePhilip IVRoyal DecreeExclusionMiddle AgesPersecutionAntisemitism
FranceFrance

📜 Anti-Jewish Laws in Aragon

Frederick II of Aragon adopts anti-Jewish laws, which require them to mark their clothes and shops with the Yellow badge. Jews were also forbidden from having any relationship with Catholics.
Anti-Jewish Laws in Aragon (1310)
LegislationAragonSpainYellow BadgeSocial ExclusionMiddle AgesPersecutionAntisemitismReligious Persecution
SpainSpain

📜 Synod of Mainz Defines Heresy of Jewish Conversion

The Synod of Mainz defines the adoption of Judaism by a Christian or the return of a baptized Jew to Judaism as heresy subject to punishment.
Synod of Mainz Defines Heresy of Jewish Conversion (1310)
LegislationSynod of MainzHeresyReligious LawGermanyMiddle AgesReligious PersecutionAntisemitism
GermanyGermany