Concept

Anxiety about converts, and hopes of mass conversion

What most scholars cited in one reference article hold lay behind the expulsion from Spain.

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Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492 According to Jews, Expulsion of (Spain; Portugal) Scholarship & press 1
A reference article’s summary of what most scholars hold; it adds that scholars still debate the causes.

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Jews, Expulsion of (Spain; Portugal), Encyclopedia.com (Gale). Scholarship & press
Most scholars, therefore, have explained the motivation for the expulsion in the context of anxiety about Jews and conversos.
Many scholars affirm that the true motive was not expulsion per se, but rather to encourage conversion of the remaining Jews in Iberia.

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