Language:
English
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Past and Present
Angaben zur Quelle:
119 (1988) 30-55
Keywords:
Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
Abstract:
Attempts to determine the number of Jews expelled from Spain and those who settled in other Mediterranean countries and the economic effects of the expulsion, arguing that estimates of the number of Jews expelled and the impact of their loss have been greatly exaggerated. Notes that Spanish authorities were more interested in the conversion of Jews than in their expulsion. Many did convert, including some who emigrated to Portugal and later returned. Many left for Italy and Africa. Converso emigration after the establishment of the Inquisition was substantial and caused considerable damage to the economy. Official historians of the period mention opposition to the expulsion of an industrious and productive minority who ought not to be forced to convert. These writers contributed to the myth that the expulsion was the cause of Spain's economic decline.
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