Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 13: Prof. Francois Soyer - The Expulsion and forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal, 1497

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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 13: Prof. Francois Soyer
- The Expulsion and Forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal,
1497

We discussed the origins and history of the Jews of Portugal, the
effect of the expulsion from Spain in 1492 on Portugal and its
Jews, how many Jews traveled from Spain to Portugal, Portugal's
"promise" to the Jews, King Jao II, King Manuel I and his
marriage to Isabel - daughter of King Ferdinand and Isballa of
Spain, the confiscation of Jewish land, the taking of the Jewish
children, the forced conversions, and much more

To purchase, "The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of
Portugal: King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance
(1496-7)":
https://brill.com/display/title/14251?language=en

To purchase Prof. Haim Beinart's, "The Expulsion of the Jews from
Spain": https://amzn.to/3P8Gpxq


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