Philip II expels the Jews of France
1182
The new French king issued an edict confiscating Jewish property and expelling Jews from his royal domain, canceling Christian debts owed to them in his own favor. It was the first major royal expulsion of Jews in medieval Europe, reversed within sixteen years when the king needed their money again.
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Also in 1182 (3 other events on record)
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.