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in Palencia, with the first documentation of Jews living there dating to 1175, when Alfonso VIII transported 40 Jews to the town and placed them under its jurisdiction. Most Jews of Palencia eventually moved to Portugal in 1492 due to the expulsion of the Jews. On the eve of the expulsion, the Jews protested to the Crown that local leaders blocked the sale of their communal property, permitted under the edict.

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