Persecution of Jews in Hungary

Roman emperors
Under Christian emperors, Jews were persecuted in the Roman Empire, which included forbidding Jews from marrying Christians, restricting Jewish ownership of slaves, and punishing those that converted from Christianity to Judaism.

Christian church councils
The ecclesiastical councils in the Kingdom of Hungary issued laws restricting Jews from having Christian wives and slaves (Council of Szabolcs in 1092) and decreed that Jews are to wear a Jewish badge (Council of Buda in 1279).

Hungarian kings
King Andrew II of Hungary required Jews to wear a badge in 1233

After failing to convert Jews to Christianity, Louis I, King of Hungary, had them expelled in 1360.

King Leopold (who reigned from the mid-17th century to the early 18th century) wanted the Kingom of Hungary to be a purely Catholic state. Jews had to abandon Judaism or face persecution. The king's adviser and Archbishop Kollonitsch's plan for the gradual eradication of Jews included them being expelled from royal cities, not allowed to own land, banned from guilds, and forbidden from engaging in agriculture or seeking any profession.