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To: Perseverando

1492 was also the deadline for all Jews to leave Spain if they did not convert to Catholicism, or face execution and/or confiscation of wealth.


4 posted on 08/04/2020 7:48:08 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

1492 was also the deadline for all Jews to leave Spain if they did not convert to Catholicism, or face execution and/or confiscation of wealth.


But many of them just became ‘Marranos’ or ‘secret jews’, converting to Catholicism in name only.


9 posted on 08/04/2020 8:20:40 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Same reason. Jews were Muslims allies in the conquest and subjugation of the Spanish.


21 posted on 08/04/2020 11:47:43 AM PDT by Varda
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