El retorno de los judíos a Menorca y Gibraltar durante el siglo XVIII: Nuevos procesos de expulsión en tierras hispanas
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Este trabajo aborda el regreso de los hebreos a dos territorios que habían pertenecido
a la monarquía hispánica en los siglos XVI y XVII, pero que pasaron a titularidad de la corona
británica durante el setecientos; precisamente, el análisis conjunto de Gibraltar y Menorca es
una de las innovaciones historiográficas que esta investigación presenta. Asimismo, estudia los
diferentes procesos de expulsión de los judíos, ya fuera como resultado del cumplimiento del
tratado de Utrecht o, en el caso de la isla balear, como consecuencia de cambios de dominio
entre las naciones europeas que intervinieron en los conflictos armados (Francia, Inglaterra y
España). Si bien los practicantes de la ley mosaica debieron abandonar la península Ibérica de
manera forzosa en 1492, este artículo penetra en exilios forzosos de carácter religioso, posteriores
y menos conocidos. Por último, también se atiende a las características socio-profesionales
de este colectivo, a la procedencia y a la evolución poblacional, así como a las conversiones
de algunos de sus miembros al catolicismo y a las relaciones que mantuvieron los hebreos residentes
en Gibraltar y los falsos conversos judaizantes establecidos en la bahía de Cádiz,
junto a la Casa de la Contratación de Indias.
This research studies the return of the Hebrews to two territories which had been ruled by the Hispanic Monarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries, which were transferred to the British Crown during the 18th century. This joint analysis of Gibraltar and Menorca is one of the historiographic innovations which this research presents. Likewise, it studies the different processes of expulsion of the Jews, whether as a result of compliance with the Utrecht treaty or, as in the case of the Balearic island, as a consequence of changes of domain between the European nations which intervened in the armed conflicts (France, England and Spain). Although the practitioners of the Mosaic Law had to forcibly leave the Iberian Peninsula in 1492, this article investigates lesser known, later forced exiles of religious nature. To conclude, the socio-professional characteristics, origin and population evolution of this group are also addressed, as well as the conversions of some of its members to Catholicism and the relationships maintained by the Hebrews residing in Gibraltar and the false converts established in the Bay of Cádiz, next to the Casa de la Contratación de Indias.
This research studies the return of the Hebrews to two territories which had been ruled by the Hispanic Monarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries, which were transferred to the British Crown during the 18th century. This joint analysis of Gibraltar and Menorca is one of the historiographic innovations which this research presents. Likewise, it studies the different processes of expulsion of the Jews, whether as a result of compliance with the Utrecht treaty or, as in the case of the Balearic island, as a consequence of changes of domain between the European nations which intervened in the armed conflicts (France, England and Spain). Although the practitioners of the Mosaic Law had to forcibly leave the Iberian Peninsula in 1492, this article investigates lesser known, later forced exiles of religious nature. To conclude, the socio-professional characteristics, origin and population evolution of this group are also addressed, as well as the conversions of some of its members to Catholicism and the relationships maintained by the Hebrews residing in Gibraltar and the false converts established in the Bay of Cádiz, next to the Casa de la Contratación de Indias.
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González Cruz, D. (2021). El retorno de los judíos a Menorca y Gibraltar durante el siglo XVIII: Nuevos procesos de expulsión en tierras hispanas. In Mediterranea - ricerche storiche (Issue 52, pp. 363-388). Università degli Studi di Palermo. https://doi.org/10.19229/1828-230X/52042021













