Spanish Expulsion of 1492

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The Spanish Expulsion of 1492 was the royal decree by Ferdinand and Isabella that forced all practicing Jews to leave Spain, marking a major turning point in Jewish and Iberian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Jewish decree ⓘ
expulsion of Jews ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
affectedGroup Sephardic Jews ⓘ
linked to: Sephardi Jews

Spanish Jewish communities ⓘ
linked to: Sephardi Jews
alsoKnownAs Alhambra Decree ⓘ
Edict of Expulsion ⓘ
appliesTo practicing Jews in Spain ⓘ
associatedWith Reconquista ⓘ
Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
chronologicallyCloseTo Columbus's first voyage to the Americas ⓘ
consequence confiscation of Jewish property ⓘ
expulsion of Jews from Spain ⓘ
forced conversions to Christianity ⓘ
mass migration of Sephardic Jews ⓘ
country Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ
date 1492 ⓘ
deadline approximately four months after promulgation ⓘ
end of July 1492 ⓘ
historicalContext completion of the Reconquista with conquest of Granada ⓘ
late 15th-century Iberian religious policies ⓘ
issuedBy Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
issuerTitle Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
languageOfDocument Castilian ⓘ
legalForm royal decree ⓘ
legalStatus revoked in 1968 by the Spanish government ⓘ
location Spain ⓘ
mainRequirement Jews must leave Spain or convert to Christianity ⓘ
motivatedBy Catholic religious policy ⓘ
pressure from the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
religious uniformity ⓘ
placeSigned Granada ⓘ
relatedTo anti-Jewish legislation in medieval Europe ⓘ
persecution of conversos ⓘ
religiousTarget Jews ⓘ
resultedIn decline of Jewish presence in Iberia ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to Italy ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to North Africa ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Americas ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Netherlands ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
spread of Ladino language ⓘ
significance end of officially recognized Jewish communities in late medieval Spain ⓘ
major turning point in Iberian history ⓘ
major turning point in Jewish history ⓘ
startDate 31 March 1492 ⓘ
yearCoincidesWith 1492 discovery of the Americas ⓘ

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Jews → hasHistoricalEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → alsoKnownAs → Alhambra Decree ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → alsoKnownAs → Edict of Expulsion ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Sephardi Jews → experiencedEvent → Alhambra Decree of 1492 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → originatedAfterEvent → Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Tisha B'Av → commemorates → Expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ
subject linked to: Tisha BAv
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Isabella I of Castile → significantEvent → Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Castile and Aragon ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Catholic Monarchs → significantEvent → Alhambra Decree ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Judezmo → associatedWithEvent → Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Iberian diaspora → triggerEvent → Alhambra Decree ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Iberian diaspora → triggerEvent → Spanish expulsion of the Jews ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Iberian diaspora → hasRelatedConcept → Alhambra Decree ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Tomás de Torquemada → supported → Alhambra Decree ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Spanyolit → developedAfter → Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Marranos → relatedTo → Alhambra Decree ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Marranos → relatedTo → Spanish Expulsion of the Jews in 1492 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492
El Call Jueu (Girona) → relatedEvent → Alhambra Decree of 1492 (expulsion of Jews from Spain) ⓘ
subject linked to: El Call Jueu (Catalan)
linked to: Spanish Expulsion of 1492