Editing Marrano (section)

==France==
{{Main|History of the Jews in France}}

According to [[Isidore Loeb]], in a special study of the subject in the ''[[Revue des Études Juives]]'' (xiv. 162–183), about 3,000 Jews came to Provence after the [[Alhambra Decree]] expelled Jews from Spain in 1492.

From 1484, one town after another had called for expulsion, but the calls were rejected by [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]]. However, [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]], in one of his first acts as king in 1498, issued a general expulsion order of the Jews of Provence. Though not enforced at the time, the order was renewed in 1500 and again in 1501. On this occasion, it was definitively implemented. The Jews of Provence were given the option of conversion to Christianity and a number chose that option. However, after a short while – if only to compensate partially for the loss of revenues caused by the departure of the Jews – the king imposed a special tax, referred to as "the tax of the neophytes." These converts and their descendants soon became the objects of social discrimination and slanders.<ref name=jvl>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0016_0_16137.html |title=Jewish Virtual Library – Provence |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065210/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0016_0_16137.html |url-status=live }}</ref>