722 ⟶ Byzantine Jews Forced to Convert
Byzantine emperor Leo III forcibly converts all Jews and Mon...
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💧 Merovingians Order Baptism for All Jews
The Merovingians order that all Jews of the kingdom are to be baptized.⟶
Forced ConversionMerovingian DynastyReligious LawBaptismChristianityReligious PersecutionEarly Middle AgesLegal CoercionJewish-Christian Relations
France🔥 Massacres of Jews in the Byzantine Empire
Massacres of Jews all across the Byzantine Empire.⟶
Byzantine EmpirePogromsMassacresViolenceReligious ConflictPersecutionAnti-Jewish ViolenceEarly Middle Ages
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Egypt✝️ Byzantine Jews Forced to Convert
Byzantine emperor Leo III forcibly converts all Jews and Montanists in the empire into mainstream Byzantine Christianity.⟶
Forced ConversionByzantine EmpireReligious PersecutionEastern ChristianityAnti-JudaismLeo IIIEarly Middle AgesReligious Law
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North Macedonia📜 Empress Irena Condemns Forced Conversions
Empress Irena decries the practice of forced conversion against Jews.⟶
Byzantine EmpireReligious ToleranceForced ConversionByzantine PoliticsIrenaEarly Middle AgesReligious Persecution
GreeceTurkeyBulgariaNorth Macedonia💧 Basil I Orders Forced Baptism of Jews
Basil I decrees that all Byzantine Jews are to be baptized, by force if necessary.⟶
Forced ConversionByzantine EmpireReligious PersecutionEastern ChristianityAnti-JudaismBasil IEarly Middle AgesReligious Law
GreeceTurkeyBulgariaNorth Macedonia📜 Byzantine Decree of Forced Conversion
Romanos I Lekapenos decreed that all Jews should be forced to convert and subjugated if they refuse. This leads to the death of hundreds of Jews and the destruction of numerous synagogues.⟶
Byzantine EmpireForced ConversionReligious PersecutionAntisemitismRomanos I LekapenosJewish CommunitiesPersecutionEastern Roman Empire
GreeceTurkey