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Portuguese edict of 1496
Edict of King Manuel I, issued in December 1496, ordering every Jew to leave Portugal before November 1497.
- Dates
- Dec 1496
- Also known as
- Edict of expulsion, Portugal
Connections 3
enacted by
- Manuel I of Portugal Dec 1496 Scholarship & press 12
led to
- Forced baptism in Portugal, 1497 Scholarship & press 2
followed from
- Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492 Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 2 dates
- Dec 1496 Portuguese edict of 1496
- Dec 1496 Manuel I of Portugal signed into law Portuguese edict of 1496
Proof 2 sources
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Manuel I (Encyclopaedia Judaica), Encyclopaedia Judaica, via Encyclopedia.com.
Scholarship & press
On Dec. 4, 1496, an edict was passed ordering every Jew to leave Portugal before November 1497, on penalty of death.
But in 1496 the king entered a politically motivated marriage with Princess Isabella of Spain, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, who made their consent conditional to Manuel's ridding Portugal of the Jews.
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Jews, Expulsion of (Spain; Portugal), Encyclopedia.com (Gale).
Scholarship & press
Manuel agreed, and five days after the marriage agreement was signed, on 5 December 1496, he issued a decree giving Portugal's Jews eleven months to leave the country.
When October 1497 arrived, the thousands of Jews assembled there were forcibly converted.
When King Manuel wished to marry the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Spanish monarchs demanded that Portugal expel its Jews.
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