Overview: The Americas

The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain occurred precisely at the moment when Spain was poised to extend its dominion to new territories across the Atlantic. Openly practicing Jews were thus prevented from entering Spanish America from the very start. Conversos, however,...

The Americas

The Americas   The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain occurred precisely at the moment when Spain was poised to extend its dominion to new territories across the Atlantic. Openly practicing Jews were thus prevented from entering Spanish America from the very start....