The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal ─ King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance, 1496-7

The story of religious tolerance and its dramatic end in 1492 in the three Christian kingdoms that became modern Spain is well known, but Soyer, a specialist on religious minorities and the Inquisition in Medieval and Early Modern Spain and Portugal, reminds readers that there was a fourth Christian kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula. He discusses parallel developments in Portugal during the late 15th century: in December 1496, Jewish and Muslim minorities were given 10 months to leave. The study began as his 2006 Ph.D. dissertation in history at the University of Cambridge. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Francois 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.