[nwrep]

The bastard Spaniards! They kicked the Jews out during the Inquisition. And still hate the Jews.

[Cronos]

The English did that earlier, in the 12th century

Note that the Jews were NOT kicked out during the inquisition

but rather, earlier , in the 1490s when the Spanish finally kicked out the Muslim rulers

NOte that this was when the Christians finally tossed out the Muslim rulers - so they tossed out their collaborators (as Jews were forced or sometimes not quite forced to be) - so Muslims and Jews were evicted.

[Eleutheria5]

They kicked the Jews out unless they converted. Those that stayed and converted, if it was discovered by the Inquisition that they had continued “Judaizing” in secret, were burnt at the stake and all their property forfeit. Pretty bastardly all around. A rabbi who managed to leave Spain, became the head of the Moroccan Navy, and as such mostly practiced piracy against Spanish shipping.