Spain

Isabella fought a civil war with her niece to gain the crown of Castile after her half-brother, Henry (Enrique) IV, died in 1474.

Through their marriage they united their two kingdoms in what became known as Spain, but civil unrest continued for years.

Despite the number of Jews who fled before the edict of expulsion, it is not clear that Ferdinand and Isabella expected or wanted the Jews to leave.

resolve to order the said Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return or come back to them or to any of them.

they be able to export their goods and estates out of these our said kingdoms and lordships by sea or land as long as they do not export gold or silver or coined money or other things prohibited by the laws of our kingdoms, excepting merchandise and things that are not prohibited.

under pain that if they do not perform and comply with this command and should be found in our said kingdom and lordships and should in any manner live in them, they incur the penalty of death and the confiscation of all their possessions by our Chamber of Finance

The Spanish Inquisition was a judicial institution established to identify and punish heretics, primarily targeting conversos—Jews who had converted to Christianity—under the authority of the Spanish Crown.