The persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal : : King Manuel I and the end of religious tolerance (1496-7) / / by Francois Soyer.
In 1496-7, King Manuel I of Portugal forced the Jews of his kingdom to convert to Christianity and expelled all his Muslim subjects. Portugal was the first kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula to end definitively Christian-Jewish-Muslim coexistence, creating an exclusively Christian realm. Drawing upon...
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| Superior document: | The medieval Mediterranean ; v. 69 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 69. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 pages, plates) :; illustrations, maps |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | In 1496-7, King Manuel I of Portugal forced the Jews of his kingdom to convert to Christianity and expelled all his Muslim subjects. Portugal was the first kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula to end definitively Christian-Jewish-Muslim coexistence, creating an exclusively Christian realm. Drawing upon narrative and documentary sources in Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew, this book pieces together the developments that led to the events of 1496-7 and presents a detailed reconstruction of the persecution. It challenges widely held views concerning the impact of the arrival in Portugal of the Jews expelled from Castile in 1492, the diplomatic wrangling that led to the forced conversion of the Portuguese Jews in 1497 and the causes behind the expulsion of the Muslim minority. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281936944 9786611936945 9047431553 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Francois Soyer. |