Language:
Portuguese
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
Angaben zur Quelle:
62,2-4 (2006) 793-804
Keywords:
Jews
;
Antisemitism History Middle Ages, 500-1500
Abstract:
Although King Manuel I of Portugal expelled the Jews from his country in 1496 in order to comply with the conditions set by the Spanish king for his marriage with Ferdinand's oldest daughter, he actually tried to keep the Jews in the country by guaranteeing to those who would convert twenty years of protection from religious inquiries. At the same time, he carried out the forced conversion of thousands of Jews at Portuguese ports who were waiting to leave the country. In 1499 he prohibited the newly converted from leaving the country under any circumstances. His policies resulted in increasing tensions between Old and New Christians, further fueled by demographic pressure, a weak economy, and a plague. In April 1506 in Lisbon, the lynching of two New Christians in a Dominican church in revenge for a supposed religious offense developed into a pogrom in which ca. 4,000 Conversos were killed. Following this event, King Manuel acceded to pressure from Old Christians and in 1507 promulgated a decree allowing the Conversos to leave the country.
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