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15th–17th centuries

Expulsion of the Jews of Mainz by Archbishop Adolf II of Nassau, after the war of succession

1462·Mayence

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Mainz had been, along with Worms and Speyer, one of the three centers of Rhenish Judaism and the seat of the academy of Rabbenou Gershom. The war of succession between two claimants to the archiepiscopal see ended with the capture of the city; the victor, Adolphe II de Nassau, revoked its charters and ordered the departure of the Jews, whose possessions were seized.

The community, already decimated by the massacres of the Crusades and the Black Death, then disappeared for several decades. The medieval cemeteries, whose tombstones had been reused in the city walls, have yielded since the nineteenth century hundreds of inscriptions that are today the principal source on this Jewish community.

Period :
15th–17th centuries
Type :
Expulsion
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

*Germania Judaica*, volume III ; epidat, corpus épigraphique de Mayence ; Salo Baron, *A Social and Religious History of the Jews*.

At the same place6

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  3. 1283Riot10
  4. août 1349Black Death Massacres« 6 000 » selon les chroniques
  5. 1438Expulsion of the Jews of Mainz by the citytoute la communauté
  6. 1470Expulsion of the Jews of Mainz, the secondtoute la communauté

In the same country299

  1. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  2. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  3. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  4. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  5. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  6. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée
  7. Juin 1096Massacre of Cologne refugees in the Middle Rhine towninconnu
  8. Juin 1096Massacre of Cologne refugees hidden in the Ruhr villageinconnu

And 291 more in the catalogue.

Event 617 of 2483, in chronological order · 15th–17th centuries: 278 events in the catalogue

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