From Exile to Homeland. The Legal Claims of the Jews that Returned Baptized (1492-1525)

Authors

  • Elisa Caselli Groupe d’Études Ibériques-EHESS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/cn.v0i37.1605

Keywords:

Administration of Justice, political power, Jews, Converts, Castile, Fifteenth centuries, Sixteenth centuries

Abstract

The Edict of 1492 ordered all Jews to leave the Hispanic kingdoms. These pages address those that at first took the road of exile and then decided to convert so that they would be allowed to return to their homeland. This return is analyzed through the study of judicial processes, in particular, the aspects that relate to the administration of justice and the dynamics of political power in late medieval Castile. We focus on processes that were started to recuperate the housing that they had to abandon or sell at a loss during the process of expulsion. These lawsuits demonstrate the prevailing confusion and abuses committed against those that were ready to leave; at the same time they allow us to see how the agents are faced with the justice and their development in the jurisdictional network.

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Published

2011-02-11

How to Cite

Caselli, E. (2011). From Exile to Homeland. The Legal Claims of the Jews that Returned Baptized (1492-1525). Chronica Nova. Revista De Historia Moderna De La Universidad De Granada, (37), 143–174. https://doi.org/10.30827/cn.v0i37.1605