Persecution of Jews in France

Roman Empire
Under Christian emperors, Jews were persecuted in the Roman Empire, which included forbidding Jews from marrying Christians, restricting Jews from holding public office, and Jews weren't allowed to own slaves.

Christian church councils
Christian church councils are meetings of church authorities to consider and rule on Christian doctrine, canon laws, and other matters. The Councils of Clermont in 535, Orleans in 538, and Paris in 614, prohibited Jews from holding office, prohibited marriage between Jews and Christians, prohibited Jews from walking public streets during Passion Week, and forbade Jews from serving any military or administrative office.

Chilperic I
In 582, Chilperic I, King of Soissons, ordered the Jews of his realm to be baptized to Christianity.

Robert II
Persecutions of Jews including massacres and forced conversions were instigated by Robert II, King of France (987–1031).

Crusades
Jews were killed and forcibly converted to Christianity in France during the Crusades.

Blood libels
In the town of Blois, in 1171, the Jews are arrested after being falsely accused of committing ritual murder of a Christian child or blood libel and most are executed after refusing to convert to Christianity. Over 30 Jews are killed. The Jewish children are forcibly baptized. Jews were also accused of blood libels in Pontoise in 1179 and in Troyes in 1288. In Troyes, over a dozen Jews were condemned by the tribunal of the Inquisition and burned at the stake.

Philip II
Philip II, King of France, ordered the arrest of Jews and taxed them extra, except if they converted to Christianity. He expelled Jews from France in 1182 and synagogues were converted into churches.

Louis IX
King Louis IX (later canonized by Pope Boniface VIII as a Christian saint) ordered the burning of the Talmud, enforced the wearing of the Jewish badge, and expelled Jews from his dominions. He also encouraged Jews to convert to Christianity and confiscated property from Jews to organize a crusade.

Pastoureaux of 1320
The Pastoureaux of 1320 were religious fanatics that killed Jews and forced Jews into being baptized into Christianity.

John XXII
Pope John XXII expelled Jews from his domain of Avignon in 1322 and issued the bull Ex parte vestra, which refused the right of asylum in churches to Jews that converted to Christianity that are suspected of relapse, and ordered the inquisitors to pursue Jews even into their places of refuge. He also ordered for the Talmud to be burned.

Persecution of Jews during the Black Death
Jews were falsely blamed for the Black Death in Europe during the mid-1300s; Jews were often used by Christians to blame due to their resentment of them considering their belief that Jews are the killers of Christ. Thousands of Jews were murdered in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, and Belgium.

Charles VI
King Charles VI expelled the Jews by decree, in 1394, and he treated Christians favorably.