1498 The Jews of Jerusalem
Harff, Arnold von: The Pilgrimage (Malcolm Letts). Nendeln 1967, 192-221. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.
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1497 The Jews of Jerusalem
Buonsignore di Francesco: Viaggi di Gerusalemme (Marcelino di Civezza). Le Missioni Francescani in Palestina. Firenze 1894. 159, 160. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.
1494 The Jews of Jerusalem
Casola, Pietro: Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the year 1494 (Margaret Newett) – Manchester 1907, 244-281. Greiffenstein, Ludwig Freiherr von: Eine Pilgerfahrt in das heilige Land im jahr 1494 (Th. Schoen). Innsbruck 1892, 438-453. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.
1493 The Jews of Jerusalem
Kabatnik, Martin: Cesta do Jerusalema. Praha n.d., 12-19. Lobkovic, Jan Hasištejn Ƶ: Putování k Svatém Hrobu (Ferdinand Strejček). Praha 1902, 57-87, 104-106. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.
March 31, 1492 Expulsion of Jews From Spain
Don Isaac Abravanel “In the Hall of Ambassadors in the magnificent medieval Alhambra Palace in Granada on May 1, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella signed these words into law, creating the Edict of Expulsion. ‘… Resolve to order all said Jews and Jewesses out of our kingdom and that they never return nor come […]
1492 The Jews of Jerusalem
Fassbender, Peter: Bedvartt nahe dem heiligen Grabe zu Jerusalem (Röhricht – Meissner). Berlin 1880, 257-275. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.
1492 Immigrants from Expulsion from Spain
Lydda, Ramleh, and Ben Shemen “Ramleh was a prosperous business centre and many Jews built houses and shops there. ‘Sephardic Colonies’ of immigrants from Toledo, Madrid and other Spanish towns also existed in Ramleh and Jerusalem. There were immigrants from Africa, and there is mention of one who came from the Sahara Desert to settle […]
1488 Jewish Italian Pilgrim, Rabbi Obadiah da Bertinoro
“This renowned Jewish scholar, noted for his commentary on the Mishnah, made the pilgrimage from Italy in 1488, at a time when the general condition of the inhabitants of the land was poor and the fortunes of the Mamelukes low (their rule would end less than three decades later). His is the best Jewish record […]
1486 The Jews of Jerusalem
Grünemberg, Konrad, Ritter: Pilgerfahrt ins Heilige Land 1486. Leipzig 1912, 80-131. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.
1483 500 Jews in Jerusalem
“The Christian pilgrim, Felix Fabri, relates: ‘there are scattered throughout the city (e.g. Jerusalem) many chapels of heretics [i.e. Christian sects other than the Latin], many Saracen mosques, Jewish synagogues, and Samaritan tabernacles… There are more than five hundred Jews, and more than a thousand Christians, of every sect and country; but the fewest of […]