[CarrotAndStick]

They weren’t merely exiled. IIRC, the survivors are the ones who fled the official killing machinery. Not just Spain. Denmark and other places too.

[wideawake]

They weren’t merely exiled. IIRC, the survivors are the ones who fled the official killing machinery.

Incorrect. The Inquisition's capital punishment purview was limited to baptized Christian heretics. It had no authority over Jews except expulsion, since Jews had no standing in a court of canon law.

Not just Spain. Denmark and other places too.

The Jewish community in Denmark numbered a few hundred in the Catholic period. They were not subjected to any inquisition by Catholic prelates there.

When the Danish people officially converted to Lutheranism in 1536, they passed a formal law banning Jews from the country, and Jews were not allowed back into the country until 1628.

[redgolum]

Technically, it wasn’t the Inquisition, but the local secular authorities, who banned Jews from various countries. Not saying many church officials of the time weren’t all for it (like in England), but it was conducted in most places by the state.

What is odd is that even in what is now Germany, that didn’t happen very much. One principality would do it, and another would welcome them in or a free city would.