Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-319) and index.

Preliminary Material / F.J.F. Soyer -- Introduction / F.J.F. Soyer -- Chapter One. The Jewish And Muslim Minorities In Medieval Portugal / F.J.F. Soyer -- Chapter Two. Castilian Conversos And Jews In Portugal C.1480-C.1495 / F.J.F. Soyer -- Chapter Three. The Death Of João II And The Accession Of Manuel I / F.J.F. Soyer -- Chapter Four. The \'General Conversion\' Of The Jews And Renewal Of The \'Converso Problem\' / F.J.F. Soyer -- Chapter Five. The Expulsion Of The Muslims From Portugal: The Forgotten Persecution / F.J.F. Soyer -- Conclusion / F.J.F. Soyer -- Bibliography / F.J.F. Soyer -- General Index / F.J.F. Soyer.

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In 1496-7, King Manuel I of Portugal forced the Jews of his kingdom to convert to Christianity and expelled all his Muslim subjects. Portugal was the first kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula to end definitively Christian-Jewish-Muslim coexistence, creating an exclusively Christian realm. Drawing upon narrative and documentary sources in Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew, this book pieces together the developments that led to the events of 1496-7 and presents a detailed reconstruction of the persecution. It challenges widely held views concerning the impact of the arrival in Portugal of the Jews expelled from Castile in 1492, the diplomatic wrangling that led to the forced conversion of the Portuguese Jews in 1497 and the causes behind the expulsion of the Muslim minority.