Exiles in the 16th Century Mediterranean

John M. Denny, Gettysburg College

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Why did the mercantile city-states of Northern Italy actively seek to settle Jewish exiles from Spain and Portugal in the mid-16th century?

 
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Exiles in the 16th Century Mediterranean

Glatfelter 101

Why did the mercantile city-states of Northern Italy actively seek to settle Jewish exiles from Spain and Portugal in the mid-16th century?