Sprache:
Italienisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Nuove ricerche sul Valdemone medievale
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2005) 63-127
Schlagwort(e):
Jews
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Jews History 15th century
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Jews History 15th century
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Crypto-Jews History 16th century
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Inquisition History 16th century
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Antisemitism History 15th century
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Sicily (Italy) History 15th-18th centuries
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San Marco d'Alunzio (Italy)
Kurzfassung:
The Sicilian town Demenna was renamed San Marco by the Normans in the 11th century. Toward the end of the 15th century, there were 450 Jews living there - merchants, artisans, moneylenders, and farmers, who were important taxpayers to the Spanish Crown. During the 15th century the Jews of the town suffered from the discriminatory rule of the Spanish kings and the hostility of the populace. During the expulsion of 1492 in Spain, they were forced to liquidate their assets and to terminate economic relations with Christians. They also had to pay to the treasury a compensation for having ended their contributions; this was called "Cuota di composizione", and was a condition sine qua non for receiving permission to leave the country. Ca. 350 Jews from San Marco left Sicily; the wealthiest Jews remained and converted. After the expulsion, the Inquisition was active in persecuting the Conversos. Mentions the 16th-century trial of the Carruba family from San Marco, who were accused of practicing Judaism in secret.
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