CHAPTER III--THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSOS.

Medieval Persecution of Jews 81 Their Wealth and Influence in Spain 84 Clerical Hostility aroused 90 Popular Antagonism excited 95 Causes of Dislike--Usury, Official Functions, Ostentation 96 Massacres in Navarre 100 Influence of the Accession of Henry of Trastamara 101 The Massacres of 1391--Ferran Martínez 103 Creation of the Class of Conversos or New Christians 111 Deplorable Condition of the Jews 115 The _Ordenamiento de Doña Catalina_ 116 Utterances of the Popes and the Council of Basle 118 Success of the Conversos--The Jews rehabilitate themselves 120 Renewed Repression under Ferdinand and Isabella 123 The Conversos become the object of popular hatred 125 Expulsion of the Jews considered 131 Expulsion resolved on in 1492--its Conditions 135 Sufferings of the Exiles 139 Number of Exiles 142 Contemporary Opinion 143