"Fortalitium Fidei," work by Alfonso de Spina, [277], [415].
"Fortress, The," controversial work, [234].
Fraga, conversions in, [214].
France and Joseph Nassi, [597]–[599].
France, Jews of, and lepers, [57].
and the ban against science, [40].
banished, [46], [48], [175]–[177].
claimed as "servi cameræ," [47].
fix the conditions of their return, [53]–[54], [129]–[131].
hardships of the, [48]–[50].
impoverished, [128]–[129].
massacred by the Shepherds, [55]–[57].
persecuted, [57]–[58], [151]–[152].
privileges extended, [54], [131]–[132], [150].
protest against Meïr Halevi, [152]–[153].
Talmudical studies, [133].
usurers, [174].
wear badges, [131].
France, southern (Provence), clergy of, hostile to Jews, [132].
Jews of, persecuted, [53], [102]–[103], [173].
philosophers in, [87].
See also [Provence].
Francis I, of France, patron of Hebrew learning, [473]–[474].
Franco, Christoval (Mordecai) Mendes, Portuguese Marrano in Holland, [667].
Franco, Nicolo, papal nuncio, [310].
Franconia, Jews of, expelled, [259]–[260].
seat of the Rindfleisch persecution, [35]–[36].