Alhambra Decree

(noun)

An edict issued on March 31, 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon) ordering the expulsion of practicing Jews from the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and its territories and possessions by July 31, of that year. 

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  • the Catholic Monarchs
  • Kingdom of Asturias
  • Visigothic Kingdom
  • Battle of Covadonga
  • Arianism

Examples of Alhambra Decree in the following topics:

  • The Reconquista

    • In 1492 the monarchs issued a decree of expulsion of Jews, known formally as the Alhambra Decree, which gave Jews in Spain four months to either convert to Catholicism or leave Spain.
  • Louis XIV and the Huguenots

    • The Edict of Fontainebleau is compared by historians with the 1492 Alhambra Decree, ordering the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and with Expulsion of the Moriscos during 1609-1614.
    • Historians cite the emigration of about 200,000 Huguenots (roughly one-fourth of the Protestant population, or 1% of the French population) who defied royal decrees.
  • The Mediterranean

    • By the end of the 14th century, a series of military victories by Christian monarchs had reduced Islamic Spain to the city of Granada, ruled by the Nasirid dynasty, who managed to maintain their hold until 1492, when they had to abandon the Alhambra, a complex of Islamic palaces built for the Muslim emirs in Spain .
    • The Alhambra is a reflection of the culture during the last centuries of the Moorish rule of Al-Andalus, reduced to the Emirate of Granada.
  • Geometric Symbolism

    • The Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain is a famous example of repeating motifs which occur in the tile and stucco decoration .
    • The Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain is a famous example of repeating geometrical motifs which occur in the tile and stucco decoration.
  • Stelae of the Middle Kingdom

    • The stelae of Ancient Egypt served many purposes, from funerary, to marking territory, to publishing decrees.
    • Stelae are stone slabs that served many purposes, from funerary, to marking territory, to publishing decrees.
    • Stelae also were used to publish laws and decrees, to record a ruler's exploits and honors, mark sacred territories or mortgaged properties, or to commemorate military victories.
  • Sacred Objects

  • Fifth Declension

    • A Genitive ending -ī (for -ĕī) is found in plēbī (from plēbēs = plēbs) in the expressions tribūnus plēbī, tribune of the people, and plēbī scītum, decree of the people; sometimes also in other words.
  • The Legislative Assembly

    • Louis vetoed two decrees proposed in November: that the émigrés assembled on the frontiers should be liable to the penalties of death and confiscation if they remained so assembled and that every non-juring clergyman must take the civic oath on pain of losing his pension and, if any troubles broke out, of being deported.
    • The Legislative Assembly passed decrees sentencing any priest denounced by 20 citizens to immediate deportation, dissolving the King's guard on the grounds that it was manned by aristocrats, and establishing in the vicinity of Paris a camp of 20,000 national guardsmen (Fédérés).
    • The King vetoed the decrees and dismissed Girondins from the Ministry.
    • The King's veto of the Legislative Assembly's decrees was published on June 19, just one day before the 3rd anniversary of the Tennis Court Oath, which had inaugurated the Revolution.
  • Mannerism and the Counter-Reformation

    • Church pressure to restrain religious imagery affected art from the 1530s and influenced several decrees from the final session of the Council of Trent in 1563.
    • These decrees included short passages concerning religious images that had significant impact on the development of Catholic art during the Counter-Reformation.
    • It focused on decorative qualities instead, with heavy influences from classical, pagan art, leading to a church decree that "art was to be direct and compelling in its narrative presentation, that it was to provide an accurate presentation of the biblical narrative or saint's life, rather than adding incidental and imaginary moments, and that it was to encourage piety" (Paoletti and Radke, Art in Renaissance Italy).
  • Latino Rights

    • There were also many incidents of walkouts in the LA County high schools of El Monte, Alhambra, and Covina (particularly Northview), where students marched to fight for their rights.
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