Sites of Jewish or New Christian Residence in Early Modern Western Europe

1500–1750

Map of Europe with cities labeled in English and noted by large or small red dots, with a legend explaining that small dots are for smaller Jewish communities and larger dots for major Jewish communities.

Following the expulsion of Jews from the Iberian Peninsula in the late fifteenth century, Jews settled in areas of Europe that promoted religious tolerance. Others concealed their identities as New Christians. 

Credits

Map by Bill Nelson.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

Engage with this Source

You may also like

God Promises Blessing to Abraham

The Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you; I will make your name…
View Source

Rome and Jerusalem

What we have to do at present for the regeneration of the Jewish nation is, first, to keep alive the hope of the political rebirth of our people, and next, to reawaken that hope where it slumbers…
View Source