Editing Antisemitism in Christianity (section)

=== Expulsions ===
Beyond massacres, Jews were repeatedly expelled from Europe. In 1290, [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]] expelled all Jews from England; they were not permitted to return until 1656. Similar expulsions followed in France in 1306, Switzerland in 1348 and Germany in 1394,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date= |title=Medieval antisemitism – The Holocaust Explained |url=https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/anti-semitism/medieval-antisemitism/#:~:text=throughout%20the%20Crusades.-,Banishment,1348%20and%20Germany%20in%201394. |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Wiener Holocaust Library |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 1492 the Catholic King and Queen of Spain, gave Jews the choice of either baptism or expulsion, as a result more than 160,000 Jews were expelled.<ref name=":5" /> Jews were only allowed officially back into Spain in <mark>1868</mark> with the establishment of a constitutional monarchy that allowed for the practice of faiths other than Catholicism, however, the ability to practice Judaism wasn't fully restored until 1968, when the edict of expulsion was formally repealed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Congress |first=World Jewish |title=Spain |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/es#:~:text=In%201868,%20with%20the%20creation,practice%20Judaism%20as%20a%20community. |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=World Jewish Congress |language=EN}}</ref> The most common reasons given for these banishments were the need for religious purity, protection of Christian citizens from Jewish money lending, or pressure from other citizens who hoped to profit from the Jews' absence.<ref name=":6" />