15th–17th centuries
Crusaders massacre Jews
1464·Cracovie
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Men assembled in Cracovie to depart on a crusade against the Turks, whom the expedition never took away, turned against the Jewish quarter of the city and that of Kazimierz.
Houses were looted, inhabitants killed; the riot spread to Poznań and other cities. Casimir IV Jagellon, on campaign against the Teutonic Order, had the perpetrators pursued and imposed a fine on Cracovie, but refused to renew in its full extent the protective charter of his predecessors — the clergy and the cities contested it with him.
The Kingdom of Poland nonetheless remained the land of refuge for Ashkenazi Judaism driven out of Germany, and its Jewish population continued to grow.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Pologne
Jan Długosz, *Annales* ; archives municipales de Cracovie.