Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire

The Edict of Expulsion--Jewish Life in Iberia (1x8)

Date de diffusion: Mar 20, 2002

Historians today suggest a range of motivations behind the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Some cite militant Christianity and a hatred of Jews dating back to Visigothic times. Others argue that economic elites, jealous of Jewish influence at court and in commerce, simply wished to remove the competition.