Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal

François Soyer, Ph.D. (2006) in History, University of Cambridge, is a visiting Research Fellow at the University of Evora. He has published on religious minorities and the Inquisition in Medieval and Early Modern Spain and Portugal.

"a thoroughly researched work that makes use of a variety of sources in several languages, including Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese. I found it generally persuasive and certainly an important contribution to the fields of Portuguese, Jewish and Islamic history", Ariel Hessayon review in Reviews in History (review no. 797), URL: http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/hessayona.html

• AcknowledgementsNotes for Readers: Names, Dates and Currency AbbreviationsList of PlatesIntroduction1: The Jewish and Muslim Minorities in Medieval Portugal2: Castilian Conversos and Jews in Portugal c.1480-c.14953: The Death of João II and the Accession of Manuel I4: The “General Conversion” of the Jews and Renewal of the “Converso Problem”5: The Expulsion of the Muslims from Portugal: the Forgotten PersecutionConclusionBibliographyIndex