In the 13th century, the Jews were under the jurisdiction of the local dukes, who gave a guarantee to protect their personal safety as well as the safety of their property and their cemeteries. Concurrently, Church authorities were trying to restrict the rights of the Jewish community. In 1267, the clergy forced the Jews into a ghetto. Its inhabitants primarily dealt in trade and crafts, but there were also bakers and butchers in the ghetto.In the 14th century, Wroclaw saw first pogroms against its Jewish community. In 1453, the Franciscan preacher John of Capistrano arrived in Wroclaw. He accused the Jews of sacrilege. Forty-one Jews are burnt at the stake as a result while others had their property confiscated and were exiled from the city. Two years later, Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary prohibited the Jews to settle in the capital of Lower Silesia. In 1772, the Jewish community in Wroclaw counted 775 members.