the forced removalof the Jews by church and government authorities
because..................
In 1496 the Jews were expelled from Portugal.
It threw them out in 1492. The Catholics had pushed the last Muslims out of Spain in January 1492. They then gave the Jews until the end of July to leave Spain.
1492 (unless they converted to Christianity).
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The Jews were ordered to convert to Catholicism or face expulsion
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 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.
In 1492, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issued a decree to expell all of the Jews from Spain.
All of the Jews that wouldn't convert to Catholicism were expelled.