World History
This Spanish website allows you to trace the routes of Jews in Spain over more than a thousand years. You can explore the site through interactive maps and chronologies like the ones above. Click on July 1492,and a history of the expulsion of the Jews by Ferdinand and Isabella pops up.
- Reconquest Of Spain
Reconquest of Spain In the decades after the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 c.e., Islam spread rapidly across North Africa, and within a century was knocking on the doors of Europe. In 711 an invading Muslim army crossed the Straits of Gibraltar...
- Ferdinand V And Isabella I Of Spain
Ferdinand V and Isabella I of SpainFerdinand (1452–1516) and Isabella (1451–1504) united Castile and Aragon creating modern Spain under a dual monarchy, initiated the Spanish Inquisition, conquered Granada, expelled the Moors and the Jews...
- The Spanish "tercios" 1525 - 1704
The Spanish "Tercios" 1525 - 1704 - Describes the organization, tactics and battles of the Spanish army in its golden age. The text is available English (default), Spanish, and French. The Spanish Golden Age army had been forged from almost seven centuries...
- Nos Los Inquisidores - Harley L. Mcdevitt Collection On The Spanish Inquisition
Nos Los Inquisidores - Harley L. McDevitt Collection on the Spanish Inquisition. Extensive collection of documents from the Spanish Inquisition, maintained at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. From the site: In November 1996 the University...
- Sephardic Jews Invited Back To Spain After 500 Years
The BBC Magazine reports that today, about 500 years since Spain's Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand threw out Muslims and Jews during the Inquisition, Spain is offering "fast-track" citizenship to Jewish descendants of the original Jewish community....
World History
The Spanish Reconquista
- Reconquest Of Spain
Reconquest of Spain In the decades after the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 c.e., Islam spread rapidly across North Africa, and within a century was knocking on the doors of Europe. In 711 an invading Muslim army crossed the Straits of Gibraltar...
- Ferdinand V And Isabella I Of Spain
Ferdinand V and Isabella I of SpainFerdinand (1452–1516) and Isabella (1451–1504) united Castile and Aragon creating modern Spain under a dual monarchy, initiated the Spanish Inquisition, conquered Granada, expelled the Moors and the Jews...
- The Spanish "tercios" 1525 - 1704
The Spanish "Tercios" 1525 - 1704 - Describes the organization, tactics and battles of the Spanish army in its golden age. The text is available English (default), Spanish, and French. The Spanish Golden Age army had been forged from almost seven centuries...
- Nos Los Inquisidores - Harley L. Mcdevitt Collection On The Spanish Inquisition
Nos Los Inquisidores - Harley L. McDevitt Collection on the Spanish Inquisition. Extensive collection of documents from the Spanish Inquisition, maintained at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. From the site: In November 1996 the University...
- Sephardic Jews Invited Back To Spain After 500 Years
The BBC Magazine reports that today, about 500 years since Spain's Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand threw out Muslims and Jews during the Inquisition, Spain is offering "fast-track" citizenship to Jewish descendants of the original Jewish community....