" Whatever Western Europeans thought about Jews, by the late 1400s there were remarkably few of them anywhere in Western Europe. "
Where'd they come from, then?
(* tries desperately to remember the end of Battlestar Galactica, the Original Series, otherwise known as "Jooooz in Spaaaace." Apologies to Mel Brooks. OK, since the Muppet Show reference is to "Pigs in Space," I probably should apologize all around; but anyone who remembers BSG:TOS would know why I make that reference.*)
Yikes! I'm getting addicted.... gotta go...
1492 is the year the Jews were expelled from Spain. Other countries, all ruled by the same family followed suit.