Expulsion of the Jews created a large converso population rather than ending Jewish presence.

Evidence

The edicts of expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, Portugal in 1497 and finally the small Pyrenean kingdom of Navarre in 1498 did not end the Jewish presence in the Iberian Peninsula. On the contrary, thousands of Jews converted to Christianity (in Portugal the conversion was actually forced on almost all the Jews by King Manuel I and his officials), thus creating a substantial population of judeoconversos. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 374 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Iberian Jewish expulsion edicts created a large converso population through mass conversion — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 374; Expulsions created suspect convert populations rather than homogeneous Christian space. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 91; Cisneros inserted Muslim expulsion as an afterthought to the Jewish demand. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 112 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Iberian Jewish expulsion edicts created a large converso population through mass conversion #corroborates (0.97) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 374