13th–14th centuries
Charles II of Salerno expels the Jews from Anjou and Maine
1289·Anjou
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Charles II, Count of Anjou and Maine and King of Naples, expelled the Jews from his French counties, citing usury and the scandal of their presence among Christians. That same year, he expelled them from Poitou as well.
The Anjou ordinance is one of the defining models of its kind: it promises the maintenance of debts for the benefit of the prince, provides for a brief delay, and confiscates what could not be sold. The same sovereign would shortly thereafter impose baptism on his Jewish subjects in the Kingdom of Naples; the count who expels and the king who converts are one and the same man.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Ordonnance de Charles II ; Gross, Gallia Judaica ; archives angevines.