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The whereabouts of the Alba Bible were unknown from 1492, the year the Alhambra Decree was issued mandating the expulsion of all Jews from Spain. It resurfaced in 1622 at the Palace of Liria , owned by the House of Alba .
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.
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Mar 29, 2013 · This Easter Sunday, March 31, marks the 521st anniversary of the issuance of the Alhambra Decree . To some, that name means nothing. Perhaps it is better known by its other name: The Edict of Expulsion. It was in the city of Granada, in the spring of 1492 that the Catholic Monarchs, Isabelle of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, decided to banish ...
Alhambra Decree. The Alhambra Decree ordered the expulsion of Jews from Spain and it’s territories in 1492. Those who stayed and practiced Judaism in secret were sought out and tortured, in what became known as the Spanish Inquisition.
The Alhambra Decree was an edict issued on 31 March 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain ordering the expulsion of practising Jews from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon and its territories and possessions by 31 July of that year. The primary purpose was to eliminate the influence of practising Jews on Spain's large formerly-Jewish converso New Christian population, to ensure the ...
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 ...
