Complex sentence: When the Jews were finally unable to pay Edward's ever increasing taxes, a pogrom ensued which forced Jews over the age of seven to wear an identifying Yellow badge, and making usury illegal (linking it to blasphemy), in order to seize their assets.
Split into simpler sentences: When the Jews were finally unable to pay Edward's ever increasing taxes, a pogrom ensued. The statute forced Jews over the age of seven to wear an identifying Yellow badge, and making usury illegal (linking it to blasphemy), in order to seize their assets.