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Article: Jews, Expulsion of (Spain; Portugal)
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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JEWS, EXPULSION OF (SPAIN; PORTUGAL)
JEWS, EXPULSION OF (SPAIN; PORTUGAL).
The Iberian kingdoms were neither the first nor the last to expel their Jewish populations: England expelled its Jews in 1290, France expelled its Jews in 1306, and periodic expulsions of the Jews took place across Europe throughout the early modern period. But the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, from Portugal in 1497, and from Navarre in 1498 has long been seen as a critical turning point in the history of Iberia and in the history of Sephardic or Spanish Jewry.
CAUSES
Historians continue to debate the causes of the expulsions in Iberia. Ferdinand and Isabella's actions in Spain regarding the Jews ...