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EXPULSION
OF THE JEWS FROM SPAIN
"And we further order
in this edict that all Jews and Jewesses of whatever age who reside
in our domains and territories, that they leave with their sons
and daughters, large and small, of whatever age, by the end of July
of this year, and that they dare not return to our lands, not by
way of passage nor trespass upon them in any manner whatsoever.
Any Jew who does not comply with this edict and is to be found in
our kingdoms and domains,or who returns to the kingdom in any manner,
will incur punishment by death and confiscation of all their belongings..."
--from the Edict of Expulsion signed by Queen Isabella
of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon, March 31, 1492, Granada,
Spain

NEW TO CARMI HOUSE

The Conquistadores and Crypto
Jews of Monterrey
by David T. Raphael
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