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The riot raged in Barcelona until Aug. 10, and many Jews (though not 11,000 as claimed by some authorities) were baptized. On the last-named day began the attack upon the Juderia in Girona; several Jews were robbed and killed; many sought safety in flight and a few in baptism. [100] "The last town visited was Lérida (August 13).
This pattern of violence continued through over 70 other cities and towns within three months, [23] as city after city followed the example set in Seville and Jews faced either conversion and baptism or death, their homes were attacked, and the authorities did nothing to stop or prevent the violence and pillaging of the Jewish people. [13]
In the Crown of Castile, there were less than 80,000. In Seville before the revolts of 1391, there were about 500 Jewish families. According to Joseph Perez, at the time of the expulsion, there were fewer than 150,000 Jews, distributed in 35 aljamas of the Crown of Aragon and 216 in the Crown of Castile.
Around 300,000 Jews lived in Spain before the 'Reyes Catolicos', Catholic monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand, ordered Jews and Muslims to convert to the Catholic faith or leave the country. Many ...
As a result of the riots, many Jews were forced to convert to Christianity and many others died as martyrs. ... (Sunday, 4/6/1391) in Seville, Cordoba, ...
In the pogroms of June 1391 in Seville, hundreds of Jews were killed, and the synagogue was completely destroyed. The number of people killed was also high in other cities, such as Córdoba, Valencia, and Barcelona. [91] One of the consequences of these pogroms was the mass conversion of thousands of surviving Jews.
His remains were taken there in 1542, then moved to Cuba in 1795 and then, it had been long thought in Spain, to Seville in 1898. (Reporting by Graham Keeley; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise ...
Indeed, many Jews who resided in the neighboring provinces of Lleida and Gironda and the kingdom of Valencia had also been affected, [25] as were the Jews of Al-Andalus (Andalucía). [26] While many died a martyr's death, others converted to save themselves.