15th–17th centuries
Maximilian I expels the Jews of Styria against compensation from the estates
1496·Styrie
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
Maximilien Iᵉʳ expelled the Jews from Styria, the estates of the duchy having paid him an indemnity to compensate for the loss of revenue he derived from them.
This is the clearest example of what Jews were worth to a prince at that time: they were a source of taxation, and this source had to be bought out in order to obtain their departure. The expulsion was demanded by the nobles and the towns, who owed money to the moneylenders and thus obtained the cancellation of their debts.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Autriche
Lohrmann, Judenrecht und Judenpolitik im mittelalterlichen Österreich ; Ouvrages sur les expulsions des pays autrichiens.