Ferdinand and Isabella in January 1492 guarantee …
Years: 1492 - 1492
August
Ferdinand and Isabella in January 1492 guarantee Iberia's vanquished Muslims freedom of religion.
Spanish Muslims who convert to Christianity during and after the expulsion of the Moors from Spain become known as Moriscos; although baptized, they continue to maintain their Arabic language and Islamic customs.
All professing Jews, on the other hand, are forced by the Spanish government to choose between baptism and expulsion.
Most of the Sephardim—more than one hundred and sixty thousand people—leave Spain in August 1492 in search of new homes.
Those who do not move to the briefly less intolerant Kingdom of Portugal will form communities in the lands of the Ottoman Empire—the Balkans, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Those who remain in Spain and nominally convert to Christianity are vilified as Marranos (”pigs”), and subjected to continuing persecution.
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People
Groups
- Jews
- Moors
- Islam
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Ottoman Empire
- Morocco, Wattasid Sultanate of
- Moriscos
- Christians, New
- Marranos
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Years: 1492 - 1492
August
Locations
People
Groups
- Jews
- Moors
- Islam
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Ottoman Empire
- Morocco, Wattasid Sultanate of
- Moriscos
- Christians, New
- Marranos
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions