page_title: Medieval antisemitism
section_title: Disabilities and restrictions
hierarchical_section_title: Medieval antisemitism / Disabilities and restrictions
caption_attribution_description: Miniature showing the expulsion of Jews following the Edict of Expulsion by Edward I of England (18 July 1290). Marginal Illustration from the Rochester Chronicle (British Library, Cotton Nero D. II.), folio 183v. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_ii_f183v fr. Sur l'illustration, les Juifs arborent la tabula en forme de Tables de la Loi imposée par Henry III d'Angleterre pour les discriminer, dès 1253. Henri III avait précédemment fait construire le Domus Conversorum à Londres en 1232 pour pousser à la conversion des Juifs au christianisme et ses efforts s'intensifièrent après 1239, quand il ruina la communauté juive par des amendes exorbitantes puis fit exécuter des Juifs pour meurtre rituel en 1255 à Lincoln&#160;; près de 10&#160;% des Juifs d'Angleterre s'étaient convertis à la fin des années 1250.
context_page_description: Antisemitism in the history of the Jews in the Middle Ages became increasingly prevalent in the Late Middle Ages. Early instances of pogroms against Jews are recorded in the context of the First Crusade. Expulsion of Jews from cities and instances of blood libel become increasingly common in the 13th to 15th centuries. This trend peaked only after the end of the medieval period, and subsided only with Jewish emancipation in the late 18th to 19th century.
context_section_description: Jews were subject to a wide range of legal disabilities and restrictions throughout the Middle Ages, some of which lasted until the end of the 19th century. Jews were excluded from many trades, the occupations varying with place and time, and determined by the influence of various non-Jewish competing interests. Often Jews were barred from all occupations but money-lending and peddling, with even these at times forbidden. The number of Jews permitted to reside in different places was limited; they were concentrated in ghettos and were not allowed to own land; they were subject to discriminatory taxes on entering cities or districts other than their own, were forced to swear special Jewish Oaths, and suffered a variety of other measures, including restrictions on dress.
caption: The yellow badge Jews were forced to wear can be seen in this marginal illustration from an English manuscript.
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