Listen "Lori from Alhambra"
Episode Synopsis
On March 31, 1492, the world changed.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella issued a decree that expelled the Jews from Spain. One of the most famous paintings in the world depicts the moment from the perspective of the Catholic Church, as the local cleric accuses the Jews of trying to bribe the King into revoking the decree by claiming that the offer was the moral equivalent of thirty pieces of silver.
Ancient history, you say?
If only it were…
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella issued a decree that expelled the Jews from Spain. One of the most famous paintings in the world depicts the moment from the perspective of the Catholic Church, as the local cleric accuses the Jews of trying to bribe the King into revoking the decree by claiming that the offer was the moral equivalent of thirty pieces of silver.
Ancient history, you say?
If only it were…
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