There are also a great many Jews, who for the most part are Merchants and Shop-keepers, living but poorly.Bernard Randolph. The present state of the Morea: called anciently Peloponnesus. 1689. Pages 16-17.
This blog is about Sephardic Jewish genealogy and history. In 1492 the Jews were expelled from Spain. They went to Portugal, Italy and the Islamic lands around the Mediterranean. The history of this small community is both fascinating and complex. They were the first globalised people. They were persecuted by the Inquisition. Some identified as Jews, some Christian, while others lost faith and embraced the Enlightenment.
Monday, 21 November 2011
Jews of Morea / Peloponnese, 1689
This snippet is from an English traveller in 1689. I suspect the Jews are not Spanish and Portuguese.
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