682 ⟶ Erwig's Anti-Jewish Laws
Visigothic king Erwig begins his reign by enacting 28 anti-J...
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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📜 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
Syria📜 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.⟶
LegislationAragonSpainYellow BadgeSocial ExclusionMiddle AgesPersecutionAntisemitismReligious Persecution
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