Alhambra Decree
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The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion) was an edict issued on 31 March 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon) ordering the expulsion of practicing Jews from the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and its territories and possessions by 31 July of that year.
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See also
- Reconquista
- Jewish refugees
- Jewish diaspora
- Edict of Expulsion
- Edict of Fontainebleau
- Expulsions of the Jews from France
- Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain - a series of similar decrees affecting Muslims
- Expulsion of the Jews from Sicily
- Expulsion of the Moriscos
- 1731 Expulsion of Protestants from Salzburg
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