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"The Jews suck the blood of the afflicted Christians and consume their goods through tax farming," states an old chronicle. The public outrage grew, and around 1480, massive persecutions of Jews began. To escape, many Jews converted to Christianity. Since 1451, the Inquisition had been working against Jews and false Christians, who were called "Maranos." However, the royal couple, Ferdinand and Isabella, tried once more to show leniency. It was only when, during the Granada War against the last Moors of Spain, the Jews secretly supported the enemy that the punitive measures broke out in 1492. A decree was issued stating that Jews had to either convert to Christianity or leave the country within four months. At that time, about 300,000 Jews emigrated from Spain: some to Turkey, where their descendants are still called "Spaniards"; others to Portugal, from where they were soon expelled as well.
In Germany, due to the multitude of states, a unified approach was no longer possible. When the Jews were expelled from one place, they were welcomed in another. The 15th century brought the expulsion of Jews from the most important German trading cities: from Cologne, Augsburg, Strasbourg, Erfurt, Nuremberg, Ulm, Regensburg. In contrast, they found refuge in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg. A little later, the Jews in Italy faced a similar fate. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the hostility towards the Jews was so great that accusations of ritual murder and well poisoning gained widespread belief. Around 1350, during the time of the "Black Death" (bubonic plague), there were brutal persecutions of Jews first in France and then in Germany.
"The Jews suck the blood of the afflicted Christians and consume their goods through tax farming," states an old chronicle. The public outrage grew, and around 1480, massive persecutions of Jews began. To escape, many Jews converted to Christianity. Since 1451, the Inquisition had been working against Jews and false Christians, who were called "Maranos." However, the royal couple, Ferdinand and Isabella, tried once more to show leniency. It was only when, during the Granada War against the last Moors of Spain, the Jews secretly supported the enemy that the punitive measures broke out in 1492. A decree was issued stating that Jews had to either convert to Christianity or leave the country within four months. At that time, about 300,000 Jews emigrated from Spain: some to Turkey, where their descendants are still called "Spaniards"; others to Portugal, from where they were soon expelled as well.
In Germany, due to the multitude of states, a unified approach was no longer possible. When the Jews were expelled from one place, they were welcomed in another. The 15th century brought the expulsion of Jews from the most important German trading cities: from Cologne, Augsburg, Strasbourg, Erfurt, Nuremberg, Ulm, Regensburg. In contrast, they found refuge in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg. A little later, the Jews in Italy faced a similar fate. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the hostility towards the Jews was so great that accusations of ritual murder and well poisoning gained widespread belief. Around 1350, during the time of the "Black Death" (bubonic plague), there were brutal persecutions of Jews first in France and then in Germany.
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