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Expulsion of the Jews in 1497, in a 1917 watercolour by Alfredo Roque Gameiro. On 5 December 1496, King Manuel I of Portugal decreed that all Jews must convert to Catholicism or leave the country, in order to satisfy a request by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain during the negotiations of the contract of marriage between himself and their eldest daughter Isabella, Princess of Asturias, as an ...
When Manuel I of Portugal married a daughter of the Spanish rulers, he was pressed to align his policies with theirs. [11] In December 1496, King Manuel I decreed that all Jews and Muslims in Portugal had until October 1497 to either be baptized or leave the country.
Following the massacre, hundreds of New Christians ignored the royal decree forbidding emigration and fled Portugal while some who remained still felt deep allegiance to the Portuguese monarch. [6] On 1 March 1507, Manuel issued an edict that legalised the emigration of New Christians from Portugal. [4] The massacre was widely reported in Europe.
Manuel with his second wife Maria of Aragon and their eight children; by Colijn de Coter, c. 1515 –17. Manuel was a very religious man and invested a large amount of Portuguese income to send missionaries to the new colonies, among them Francisco Álvares, and sponsor the construction of religious buildings, [28] such as the Monastery of ...
The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal: King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance (1496–7). Leiden: Brill, 2007. Stols, Eddy. "Dutch and Flemish Victims of the Inquisition in Brazil." Essays on Cultural Identity in Colonial Latin America: 43–62. Wadsworth, James E.
For Portugal, being a much smaller country with limited human resources when compared to Spain or Morocco, it was very important to preserve for itself, the century old overseas expansion head start, which by late 1400's was already bringing in to the nation large amounts of wealth, mainly gold from West Africa to help expanding the Portuguese ...
Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugal; S. Salzburg Protestants; Savoyard–Waldensian wars This page was last edited on 19 June 2021, at 16:12 ...
Pages in category "Anti-Islam sentiment in Portugal" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of ...