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13th–14th centuries

Black Death massacres in Alsace

1349·Ribeauvillé

Toll
inconnu

The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.

the community destroyed

The community of Ribeauvillé was destroyed during the Black Death.

The lordship of Ribeaupierre subsequently recalled Jews and granted them letters of protection: Alsatian Judaism was thus reconstituted, not in the free cities but in the seigneurial towns, where the lord found his revenue.

Period :
13th–14th centuries
Type :
Massacre
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
France
Sources

Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde ; Ginsburger, Les Juifs d'Alsace.

At the same place1

  1. 1338Massacres of the Armleder in Alsaceinconnu

In the same country185

  1. 576Bishop Avitus has the synagogue destroyed; Jews must choose between baptism and exile to Marseille (Gregory of Tours)>500 baptisés de force
  2. 576-591Forced conversions and expulsions ordered by bishops Théodore, Ferréol and Sulpice; Grégoire the Great protests against forced baptismsinconnu
  3. 582Chilperic I imposes baptism on the Jews of the kingdom; the merchant Priscus, who refuses, is murderedtoll not established
  4. 1007Persecution under Robert the Piousinconnu
  5. 1010Bishop Alduin orders the community to convert or leave the town; violence in the wake of rumors about the destruction of the Holy Sepulchreinconnu
  6. Mai-juin 1096Massacre by crusaders en route to the Orient22
  7. Mai 1096First massacre of the First Crusadeinconnu
  8. 1146The crusaders of the Second Crusade attack the community, which defends itself and perishes in its houseinconnu

And 177 more in the catalogue.

Event 460 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue