Expulsion of Jews Edict from Spain
Expulsion of Jews Edict from Spain
March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.
#EdictOfExpulsion
The #EdictOfExpulsion, aka the #AlhambraDecree, was signed by Isabella I of Castile & Ferdinand II of Aragon on #ThisDayInHistory in 1492. Violent persecution had already forced 2/3 of #Spain's Jews to convert. The remainder now had to leave penniless or join them in Catholicism.
The #WhitehallConference determined, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1655, that nothing in the 1290 #EdictOfExpulsion barred #Jews from returning to England. A #Sephardic community soon set up in London. Expelling Jews was a tactic used by European states to seize assets & pay off debts.
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March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.
March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.
March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.
#EdictOfExpulsion
