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2 days ago · It was during this stay that two major events happened. On 31 March the monarchs signed the Alhambra Decree, which ordered the expulsion of all Jews in Spain who refused to convert.
- Tales of The Alhambra
Tales of the Alhambra (1832) is a collection of essays,...
- Alcazaba of The Alhambra
The Alcazaba, seen from the north. The Alcazaba (Spanish:...
- Alhambra (Disambiguation)
Alhambra Nievas (born 1983), former Spain women's rugby...
- Muhammad I of Granada
Origin and early life A map of Southern Spain around...
- Court of The Lions
The Court of the Lions (Spanish: Patio de los Leones) or...
- Court of The Myrtles
The Alhambra was a palace complex and citadel begun in 1238...
- Palace of Charles V
The palace, seen from the west. The Palace of Charles V is a...
- Muhammad Xii of Granada
Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الثاني...
- Tales of The Alhambra
Apr 15, 2024 · Standing atop a great hill in Granada, the Alhambra Palace remains one of the most magnificent structures in Spain today. Built between 1238 and 1358, the Palace was begun by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the first emir of the Nasrid kingdom, and was used as a military fortress until the end of Muslim rule in 1492.
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4 days ago · 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 31 March 1492. It ordered all Jews of whatever age to leave the kingdom by the last day of July: one day before Tisha B'Av . [110]
19 hours ago · Isabella I ( Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), [2] also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica ), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II. Reigning together over a dynastically unified Spain ...
- 11 December 1474 – 26 November 1504
- Isabella of Portugal
Apr 26, 2024 · In the 1492 Alhambra Decree, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, joint monarchs of Spain, ordered all 200,000 Jews on Spanish territory to either convert to Catholicism or to leave the country within the space of just three months, under pain of death.
Apr 28, 2024 · The Alhambra Decree was in effect until the Spanish Constitution of 1869 officially granted freedom of religion. By then, hundreds of thousands of Jews had fled Spain. “The decree was the last stroke of anti-Semitism that ended one of the most magnificent Jewish Diaspora communities in history,” said Hatchwell.
4 days ago · In 1492, with the Spanish treasury depleted by the fight to dislodge Muslim rule, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella enacted the Alhambra Decree to expel the Jews and seized their money. The confiscated wealth, however, never made up for the economic and cultural loss of so many prominent merchants, artisans, scientists and philosophers.
