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A service in a Spanish synagogue, from the Sister Haggadah (c. 1350). The Alhambra Decree would bring Spanish Jewish life to a sudden end. The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion; Spanish: Decreto de la Alhambra, Edicto de Granada) was an edict issued on 31 March 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon) ordering the ...
The Alhambra Decree-- Edict of the Expulsion of the Jews of Spain (1492) (1) King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, by the grace of God, King and Queen of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoba,
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The Alhambra Degree (Sp. Edicto de Granada) marked the end of the Sephardi age in Spain. Commonly known as the Edict of Expulsion, the Ahlambra Decree was issued March 31, 1492 and ordered the expulsion of Spanish Jews by July 31 the same year. 1 It took centuries to revoke the decree. 2.
Jan 17, 2024 · The expulsion led to mass migration of Jews from Spain to Italy, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Basin. As a result of the Alhambra Decree, over 200,000 Jews converted to Catholicism, and between 40,000 and 100,000 were expelled. The expulsion must have been a devastating experience for Jews across the Iberian Peninsula.
Mar 29, 2013 · The Alhambra Decree, also known as the Edict of Expulsion, was issued by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain in 1492, forcing the Jews to leave the country or convert to Christianity. In this blog post, you can learn more about the historical context, the legal implications, and the cultural impact of this decree, as well as its connection to other events in the Library of Congress collections.
Jul 26, 2022 · We knew also that, on March 31, 1492, in the Alhambra’s resplendent Hall of the Ambassadors, Ferdinand and Isabella signed an edict, the Alhambra Decree, expelling the Jews from Spain. This ...
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Oct 19, 2021 · The Alhambra Decree was declared null and unlawful by military dictator Francisco Franco’s fascist administration in 1968. King Juan Carlos legally repealed his ancestors’ edict in 1992, five hundred years after it was issued, and his government awarded citizenship to the descendants of Jews banished by the decree in 2014, just months ...
