Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugal
Background: Fixed typo from "Abrabanel" to "Abarbanel"
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Until the 15th century, some Jews occupied prominent places in Portuguese political and economic life. For example, [[Isaac |
Until the 15th century, some Jews occupied prominent places in Portuguese political and economic life. For example, [[Isaac Abarbanel]] was the treasurer of King [[Afonso V of Portugal]]. Many also had an active role in [[Portuguese culture]], and they kept their reputation of diplomats and merchants. By this time, [[Lisbon]] and [[Évora]] were home to important Jewish communities. The Jewish community, along with the Moors, had control in Spain as well, until around 1478 when Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had started buying the land that anyone who was not Catholic had controlled. {{Cite journal |last1=Altabé |first1=David Fintz |last2=Altabe |first2=David Fintz |date=September 1992 |title=The Significance of 1492 to the Jews and Muslims of Spain |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/344154 |journal=Hispania |volume=75 |issue=3 |pages=728 |doi=10.2307/344154|jstor=344154 |url-access=subscription }} |
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== Expulsion of Jews == |
== Expulsion of Jews == |
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