They did not need to flee. Spain was never occupied, nor did it have to surrender its Jews.
They were expelled from the kingdom, unless they converted to Christianity.
Many Christians believe that the Jews must be "gathered together" before the Messiah comes.Answer:Christian anti-Semitism often caused Jews to move, as they sought safer places to live or were forcibly expelled from Christian countries such as Spain, Portugal, France and England.
Sephardic Jews (Sephardim) were the Jews from Spain and Portugal. After the Muslim conquest of Spain in the eighth century, many Jews fled to Spain in order to escape persecution in Christian Europe, knowing that they would be well-treated under Islamic rule. They became known as Sephardim (Spanish Jews). By the fourteenth century, Spain was once again back under Christian rule and many Jews were converted to Christianity. The remaining Jews were finally expelled from Spain in 1492, and resettled in Islamic Northern Africa and the Middle East. Many of them were absorbed into existing Mizrachi (Arab Jew) communities, while others retained their separate identity as Sephardic Jews. Since the establishment of modern Israel, both Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews have been encouraged to identify simply as Sephardic Jews.
As part of the Christianizing of Spain, Jews who openly remained Jewish were expelled from the country. Many died in the process, and everyone else was uprooted. Some of those who pretended to be Christian in order to remain in the country, later were able to slip out.
The goal of the Inquisition was to enforce Catholicism in Spain and in Spanish territories. Torture was considered legitimate by the inquisitors. As under the Soviets, everyone was afraid of informers. Many thousands were tortured and killed. As part of the Christianizing of Spain, Jews who openly remained Jewish were expelled from the country. Many died in the process, and everyone else was uprooted.
Depends where. In Spain, the Jews had just been expelled; and many of those who remained were being tortured under the Inquisition. In England, Jews were forbidden to live during the 1500s (they'd been expelled before that). In Germany, the Jews were subject to the caprices and decrees of local princes, since the central monarchy was weak in the 1500s. Martin Luther was at first cordial to the Jews, but later ranted and calumniated against them. In Central Europe, there were blood-libels and pogroms in the 1500s. In Italy and France, the Jews were subject to the harsh decrees and taxation of the Church. In Turkey (on the other hand), things were relatively good. Turkey was one of the very few countries which welcomed Jews at that time. In North Africa, things were pretty stable.
Many came from western Europe, from when they were expelled during the inquisition.
Spain nobles did not have to pay taxes, the tax burden fell on the lower classes, that burden prevent them of accumulating enough wealth to start their business, as a result the wasn't middle class, also when Spain expelled the Jews and moors, it lost many valuable artisans and business people.
Spain nobles did not have to pay taxes, the tax burden fell on the lower classes, that burden prevent them of accumulating enough wealth to start their business, as a result the wasn't middle class, also when Spain expelled the Jews and moors, it lost many valuable artisans and business people.
Spain nobles did not have to pay taxes, the tax burden fell on the lower classes, that burden prevent them of accumulating enough wealth to start their business, as a result the wasn't middle class, also when Spain expelled the Jews and moors, it lost many valuable artisans and business people.
Spain nobles did not have to pay taxes, the tax burden fell on the lower classes, that burden prevent them of accumulating enough wealth to start their business, as a result the wasn't middle class, also when Spain expelled the Jews and moors, it lost many valuable artisans and business people.