AHC/WI: Catholic Iberian Countries More Jewish Friendly?

As the tin says, how do you go about getting the Catholic Iberian countries to be more friendly to Jews (no forced conversions or expulsionS) while still having a successful reconquista? What would the impact be of keeping the Sephardic Jews? Would this potentially mean that the Iberian Muslims remain in in the Spanish countries as well?
 
As the tin says, how do you go about getting the Catholic Iberian countries to be more friendly to Jews (no forced conversions or expulsionS) while still having a successful reconquista? What would the impact be of keeping the Sephardic Jews? Would this potentially mean that the Iberian Muslims remain in in the Spanish countries as well?
No "Reyes Católicos", then. Alfonso XI's legacy of "One country, three faiths" must carry on.

Though a religiously heterogeneous country might have significant butterflies for the conquest of América...
 
No "Reyes Católicos", then. Alfonso XI's legacy of "One country, three faiths" must carry on.

Though a religiously heterogeneous country might have significant butterflies for the conquest of América...

Well, they could always restrict settlers of the New World to be Catholics only similar to how most settlers were from Castille originally
 
For centuries Jews were respected and accepted in Spain. In the mid and late 15th century however things begin to go very poorly for the Jews. Several firebrand priests were able to stir up resentment against the Jews and inflate stories of Jewish crimes. Meanwhile Torquemada was extremely effective in turning the religiously tolerant Isabella into the Jews greatest enemy. Ferdinand on the other hand was notably uneasy about attacking the Jews and Moors due Aragon's significant Jewish and Moorish population. And across Spain the cities initially were against the Inquisition, but Torquemada was able to rally the populace of Spain against the supposed fifth column. The easiest POD to at the very least prevent statewide persecution of the Jews to get rid of Torquemada and have Isabella's confessor be tolerant towards the Jews. In a case like this the catholic Monarchs are much more likely to retain their tolerant nature towards the Jews.
 
Well, they could always restrict settlers of the New World to be Catholics only similar to how most settlers were from Castille originally
Makes sense. After all, the main discourse to legitimize the conquest is that the Native Americans were pagans in need of conversion. Even if they tolerate Jews and Muslims, they may not allow them to migrate to the viceroyalties. After all, they allow them to live, but they sure as hell don't want them to expand.

Unless the Spanish higher ups decide to become coldly political and use the Moors and Sephardim as political tools, allowing to settle on certain specific colonies (most likely in the Caribbean or Central America) on the promise of providing resources on the exchange of defending them against the French, British, Dutch or hostile Natives.
 
If you avoid Sisebut becoming king, perhaps someone else won't be as hard against the Jews, and the butterflies following this may change the situation on the following centuries.
 
For centuries Jews were respected and accepted in Spain. In the mid and late 15th century however things begin to go very poorly for the Jews. Several firebrand priests were able to stir up resentment against the Jews and inflate stories of Jewish crimes. Meanwhile Torquemada was extremely effective in turning the religiously tolerant Isabella into the Jews greatest enemy. Ferdinand on the other hand was notably uneasy about attacking the Jews and Moors due Aragon's significant Jewish and Moorish population. And across Spain the cities initially were against the Inquisition, but Torquemada was able to rally the populace of Spain against the supposed fifth column. The easiest POD to at the very least prevent statewide persecution of the Jews to get rid of Torquemada and have Isabella's confessor be tolerant towards the Jews. In a case like this the catholic Monarchs are much more likely to retain their tolerant nature towards the Jews.

Okay interesting. If Torquemada is done away with, what do you think Jews and Muslims would do for Spains economy?
 

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Jews found themselves on the wrong side of several Castilian civil wars between the great strides of the 1200s and the ultimate final conquest. Add in the Black Plague misplaced blame and the fact that Christian banking did not come to Spain nearly as fast as it came to Northern Italy and other Catholic areas, meaning that Jews and usury were still synonymous in the 1400s, and you have a perfect brew for expulsions.

Reconquista ideology over time grew more and more ingrained with the nobility of Iberia. The more inactive the struggle was in terms of actual territory gained, the more virulent and intolerant it became.

Ultimately, if Iberia is completely ruled by Christians in the aftermath of the great advances of the 1200s, and no Moorish entity remains, I don't think intolerance will become official policy because it will simply be impossible in 1250. By 1450 and after 200 years of Castilian colonization of the south because of the border warfare that was constant, in addition to assimilation efforts, official intolerance once conquest was achieved was quite possible. The best thing for the Jews in Spain would have been for an earlier final conquest.
 
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