Period Event
Effects on Jewish People
70. C. E.
Roman Occupied Palestine
Romans destroyed the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in response to riots related to increased taxes and laws that restricted the Jewish religion.

ca. 100 CE- ca. 325 CE
Early Christianity
Early Christians separated themselves from Judaism and depicted Jewish people negatively in the New Testament including sections of the Bible that blame Jewish people for the death of Jesus of Nazareth.

400s CE
Christianity became the dominant religion in the Roman Empire and Christians, starting with St. Augustine viewed Jewish people as “witness people.”

800-the 1500s
Middle Ages
Crusaders in Europe and en route to the Holy Land turned their violence on Jewish populations in Spain and Germany.

Myths about Jewish associations with the devil and blood libel developed and spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

Christian Europeans blamed Jewish people for the Black Plague.

1200-1500 CE
Jewish people were forced to live in ghettos, or Jewish-only areas, in Europe.

1517-1648
Protestant Reformation
The leader of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, denounced Jewish people when they did not convert to Protestantism. Wars broke out between Catholics and Protestants.

Period
Event
Effects on Jewish People
70. C. E.
Roman Occupied Palestine
Romans destroyed the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in response to riots related to increased taxes and laws that restricted the Jewish religion.

ca. 100 CE- ca. 325 CE
Early Christianity
Early Christians separated themselves from Judaism and depicted Jewish people negatively in the New Testament including sections of the Bible that blame Jewish people for the death of Jesus of Nazareth.

400s CE
Christianity became the dominant religion in the Roman Empire and Christians, starting with St. Augustine viewed Jewish people as “witness people.”

800-the 1500s
Middle Ages
Crusaders in Europe and en route to the Holy Land turned their violence on Jewish populations in Spain and Germany.

Myths about Jewish associations with the devil and blood libel developed and spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

Christian Europeans blamed Jewish people for the Black Plague.

1200-1500 CE
Jewish people were forced to live in ghettos, or Jewish-only areas, in Europe.

1517-1648
Protestant Reformation
The leader of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, denounced Jewish people when they did not convert to Protestantism. Wars broke out between Catholics and Protestants.