The Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition.
The court of the Inquisition. And it generally persecuted Conversos, not Jews who remained Jewish.
The Spanish Inquisition, founded in 1478. Initially, its sole function was to sniff out 'insincere converts' from Judaism. Later this was extended to Muslims and later to anyone who defied the authority of the Church. In Spain, Jews and Muslims had been put under enormous pressure since about 1350 to convert to Christianity.
With respect, the assumption in the question is not accurate. The Jews are not 'persecuted worldwide'.
Two things that happened on August 3, 1492: Columbus left Spain on his first voyage to the New World; and the last of the Jews and Moors (Moslems) were expelled from Spain.
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The Catholic Church in Spain, and the Spanish Inquisition, either killed, expelled or forced the Jews and Muslims in Spain to convert.
In Western history, 1492 is significant for being the first voyage of Columbus and the year that Spain expelled the Jews and Moors (Moslems).
The people persecuted in the Spanish Inquisition were "New Christians", which is to say Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity in order to continue living in Spain (since Judaism and Islam were banned), but who were believed to be secretly practicing their faith of birth. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity were persecuted. Later, the Spanish Inquisition also persecuted Protestant reformers.
The relationship between Moors and Jews in Spain 1492 is that both groups were persecuted by the Spanish Christians. During the Spanish Inquisition, the ruling classes and the Church seized upon the concept of "purity of blood" and used this concept to persecute Moors and Jews who had not converted to Christianity. During this time most Jews and Moors were stripped of their possessions and expelled from Spain.
Jews have been persecuted throughout history.
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