Some 300,000 Jews resided in Spain before the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century, when the Reyes Católicos reconquered Spain from the Arabs and ordered the Jews to convert to Catholicism, leave the country or face execution without trial.
在十五世纪的西班牙宗教裁判所之前，约有三十万犹太人居住在西班牙，当时天主教双王从阿拉伯人那里重新征服了西班牙，并命令犹太人转信天主教、离开国家或面临处决。