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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.
under which we command whichever public scribe who would be called for the purpose of reading this our charter that the signed charter with its seal should be shown to you all so that we may know that our command is carried out. (7) Given in our city of Granada, the XXXI day of the month of March, the year of the birth of our lord
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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 ...
Jan 31, 2017 · The Alhambra Decree. The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion) 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 expulsion of practicing Jews from the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and its territories and possessions by 31 July of that year.
Mar 31, 2021 · March 31, 1492 marked a tragic day for Spanish Jewry, when the infamous Alhambra Decree declared the expulsion of all Jews from Spain. While explorer Christopher Columbus set out to “sail the ...
A signed copy of the Alhambra Decree The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (in the year 1492) by Emilio Sala Francés. Several months after the fall of Granada, an edict of expulsion called the Alhambra Decree was issued against the Jews of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella on
Dec 16, 2015 · On December 16, 1968, the Spanish government formally revoked the 1492 Alhambra Decree, also known as the Edict of Expulsion, which sent the Jews of Aragon and Castile into exile. Sephardic Jews Seeking Portugal Citizenship Encouraged by Ease. 1491: Jews 'Sorcerers' Burned at Stake. The Inquisition Reaches Mexico.
