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