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Sisi

Folge 1

Thu, Dec 15, 2022
At German confab, Bismarck touts Prussian monarch as head and reveals divisive sculpture. Austrian emperor covets war but lacks money, seeking French credit. In coastal town, emperor mistrusts empress's loyalty to rival.
7 /10
Folge 2

Thu, Dec 15, 2022
Franz allies Prussia against Austria. Marie opposes Empress, urges Franz expand army with model recruits. Marie exposes nursery neglect, wins orphan reprieve. Bismarck courts
7.3 /10
Folge 3

Thu, Dec 15, 2022
Körtek intends to kidnap Sisi; in joint captivity with Count Andrassy, Sisi is faced with the question of how long she can remain steadfast; Franz is confronted not only with his father-in-law, but also with Sisi's sister.
7 /10
Folge 4

Thu, Dec 15, 2022
Sisi and Andrassy travel to Vienna to convince Franz of the need for a Hungarian parliament; Sisi tries to clear her head; the special affection between Sisi and Andrassy does not go unnoticed by Franz; Franz falls back into old patterns.
7 /10
Folge 5

Thu, Dec 15, 2022
While the war with Prussia poses problems for Franz, Sisi must now cope on her own in Vienna. In Hungary, Andrassy makes an attempt to defeat the cruel Körtek.
7 /10
Folge 6

Thu, Dec 15, 2022
The war strikes deep wounds, and Sisi's desperate attempts to reconnect with Franz have yet to bear fruit. He sends her to Hungary, and whether she will see Franz again remains to be seen.
7 /10

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Alhambra Decree 1492

Alhambra Decree 1492

On March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand, issued the Alhambra Decree, an edict requiring the expulsion or conversion of all Jews from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon by July 31 of that year. The edict was issued shortly after Ferdinand and Isabella had won the Battle of Granada, completing the Catholic Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula from Islamic forces. As noted in the decree itself, it was issued to stop Jews from trying "to subvert the holy Catholic faith" by attempting to "draw faithful Christians away from their beliefs." Unfortunately, persecution by Catholics against the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula was not a new phenomenon in 1492. One hundred one years earlier, violence against the Jews of Castile erupted in what is known as the Massacre of 1391. After 4,000 Jews were murdered in Seville, the violence spread to more than 70 cities throughout Castile, resulting in the death of thousands of Jews while thousands others converted to Catholicism so their lives might be spared.Violence, persecution, and forced conversion continued against the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula into the 1400s. Because of that persecution, by 1415 more than half of the Jews of the crowns of Castile and Aragon had converted to Catholicism. But, because of the Spanish Inquisition, conversion did not guarantee the safety of former Jews in the region. Out of distrust by "Old Christians", popular revolts against the conversos broke out in 1449 and 1474. Jews who chose exile had to sell nearly all their possessions, taking only what they could carry. Whole communities packed up and left, their homes and sacred areas quickly reclaimed by the Catholic communities that remained. The expulsion led to mass migration of Jews from Spain to Italy, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Basin. As a result of the Alhambra Decree, over 200,000 Jews converted to Catholicism, and between 40,000 and 100,000 were expelled.

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