Spanish Expulsion of 1492

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The Spanish Expulsion of 1492 was the royal decree by Ferdinand and Isabella that forced all practicing Jews to leave Spain, marking a major turning point in Jewish and Iberian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Jewish decree ⓘ
expulsion of Jews ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
affectedGroup Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Sephardic Jews

Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Jewish communities
alsoKnownAs Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
surface form: Alhambra Decree

Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
surface form: Edict of Expulsion
appliesTo practicing Jews in Spain ⓘ
associatedWith Reconquista ⓘ
Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
chronologicallyCloseTo Christopher Columbus ⓘ
surface form: Columbus's first voyage to the Americas
consequence confiscation of Jewish property ⓘ
expulsion of Jews from Spain ⓘ
forced conversions to Christianity ⓘ
mass migration of Sephardic Jews ⓘ
country Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ
date 1492 ⓘ
deadline approximately four months after promulgation ⓘ
end of July 1492 ⓘ
historicalContext completion of the Reconquista with conquest of Granada ⓘ
late 15th-century Iberian religious policies ⓘ
issuedBy Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
issuerTitle Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
languageOfDocument Castilian ⓘ
legalForm royal decree ⓘ
legalStatus revoked in 1968 by the Spanish government ⓘ
location Spain ⓘ
mainRequirement Jews must leave Spain or convert to Christianity ⓘ
motivatedBy Catholic religious policy ⓘ
pressure from the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
religious uniformity ⓘ
placeSigned Granada ⓘ
relatedTo anti-Jewish legislation in medieval Europe ⓘ
persecution of conversos ⓘ
religiousTarget Jews ⓘ
resultedIn decline of Jewish presence in Iberia ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to Italy ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to North Africa ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Americas ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Netherlands ⓘ
diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
spread of Ladino language ⓘ
significance end of officially recognized Jewish communities in late medieval Spain ⓘ
major turning point in Iberian history ⓘ
major turning point in Jewish history ⓘ
startDate 31 March 1492 ⓘ
yearCoincidesWith 1492 discovery of the Americas ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasHistoricalEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree
Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edict of Expulsion
Sephardi Jews → experiencedEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree of 1492
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → originatedAfterEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492)
Tisha BAv → commemorates → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
subject surface form: Tisha B'Av
this entity surface form: Expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492
Isabella I of Castile → significantEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Castile and Aragon
Catholic Monarchs → significantEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree
Judezmo → associatedWithEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492
Iberian diaspora → triggerEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree
Iberian diaspora → triggerEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish expulsion of the Jews
Iberian diaspora → hasRelatedConcept → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree
Tomás de Torquemada → supported → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree
Spanyolit → developedAfter → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492