Situation and Restrictions of European Jewish Communities in 1401

Name: Situation and Restrictions of European Jewish Communities in 1401
Start: 1401
End: 1410

Type Event Region Europe Time 1401–1410

Around 1401, European Jewish communities faced complex legal status and periodic persecution in the Holy Roman Empire, the Iberian Peninsula, and Ita…

Timeline

1401–1405Jewish Quarter of Prague · BohemiaAround 1401, the Prague Jewish community engaged in moneylending, trade, and handicrafts under the protection of the King of Bohemia; the Old Jewish Cemetery and synagogues remained in use, and the community's autonomous body (Kehillah) managed internal religious and judicial affairs.
1401–1408Nuremberg · Holy Roman EmpireCities across the Holy Roman Empire restricted Jewish residential areas, distinctive dress markers, and occupational scope through municipal ordinances, and levied a protection tax (Schutzgeld); local bishops and civic assemblies periodically pushed for stricter segregation policies.
1401–1410Toledo · CastileThough Jewish communities in Castile and Aragon still possessed cultural and economic vitality around 1401, the aftermath of the large-scale persecution of 1391 and church suspicion of converts (conversos) continued to simmer, laying the groundwork for the expulsion of Jews at the end of the 15th century.

Sources

History of the Jews in Europe — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Judaism
Prague, history of Jewish community — Jewish Virtual Library https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-of-the-jews-in-prague