Expulsion of Jews from Spain
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Human Rights, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: 1492
Article abstract: The expulsion of Jews from Spain is launched to achieve religious unity, but it deprives Spain of her most industrious, productive, and intellectual population and helps account for Spain’s decline.
Summary of Event
A people of the Diaspora, Jews have lived through most of their history without a country of their own, a minority group amongst other peoples. Because the Jewish community in Spain, particularly during the tenth through the twelfth centuries, was especially productive and influential culturally, that period is often...
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