jewish research paper
- 1. AshleyRink Rlst433 Jewishhistoryinspainresearchpaper ProfessorReese Jews in spain: From as earlyas 300 B.C. the Sephardi orthe SpanishJewshave beenthriving,changing,a growingin Spainthroughtheirconnectionstotheirfaith,the Spanisheconomyandgovernment,andtoother culturesaswell.Fromthe goldenage inwhichSpanishJewsandMuslimslivedtogetherharmoniouslyto the inquisitionin1492, SpanishJewsexperiencedarichhistoryor persecutionandfightfortheirfaith. The long historyof persecutuioninSpainbeganasearlyas 300 b.c. withthe settlementof manyjewsin southernsoainunderthe rule of kingSolomon.Edictswere passedunderthe council of Toledoatthis time that alreadyrestrictedjewsinwhattheycouldown,how teycouldpractice faith,andevenhow theycouldblesstheircrops. Atthistime,the catholicchurchmet at the council of Elviraand issues80 canonnicdecisionswhichrestrictedandprohibitedcontactwithjewsineatingandduringworship. 100 yearslatera pivotal groupin Spainthat changedthe face of religionwasthe visigoths,anarian groupfrom Europe hopingtobringand convertspainto Catholicismcompletely.Truly,the visigoths underthe rule of ToledoIIItriedto convertspainto Christianityaltogether.In613 the processof forcing jewstoconvertbecame prevalent.The convcertswere called,marranos,andif theywere found prcatcingany private jewishcustoms,theirchildrenwere takenawasyandtheywere imprisioend. However,underthe muslimrule of spainduringthe 8th centuryinwhichthe moors foughtfortheirfaith, jewslivedmuchmore harminouslyalongsidemuslims.