▁exp uls ions ▁and ▁per sec utions , ▁some ▁Jews ▁still ▁returned ▁to ▁their ▁h omet own s . ▁Once ▁they ▁returned , ▁many ▁prosper ed . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁royal ▁restrictions ▁attempting ▁to ▁limit ▁their ▁success . ▁They ▁built ▁new ▁syn agog ues . ▁ ▁These ▁examples ▁are ▁used ▁by ▁some ▁histor ians ▁to ▁sh ine ▁a ▁light ▁on ▁a ▁more ▁positive ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁religious ▁groups . ▁These ▁histor ians ▁believe ▁that ▁these ▁stories ▁of ▁aid , ▁neighbor lin ess , ▁and ▁prosper ity ▁are ▁more ▁notable ▁and ▁significant ▁than ▁previously ▁recognized . ▁ ▁However , ▁some ▁histor ians ▁do ▁not ▁agree ▁with ▁this ▁view ▁of ▁history . ▁Histor ian ▁Daniel ▁L ask er ▁does ▁not ▁see ▁the ▁relationship ▁of ▁Christians ▁and ▁Jews ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁light . ▁He ▁cont ends ▁that ▁the ▁exp uls ions ▁Jews ▁in ▁Spain ▁faced ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 2 ▁were ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁revol ts ▁seen ▁a ▁century ▁earlier ▁in ▁ 1 3 9 1 . ▁Even ▁though ▁the ▁relationship ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁positive , ▁it ▁ended ▁on ▁a ▁negative ▁note . ▁The ▁exp uls ions ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁in ▁various ▁regions ▁is ▁that ▁ending , ▁with ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁reasons ▁behind ▁them ▁not ▁just ▁religion . ▁The ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁Jews ▁returning ▁to ▁regions ▁they ▁were ▁exp elled ▁from ▁was ▁not ▁accept ance ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁happened , ▁but ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁comfort ▁and ▁familiar ity . ▁While ▁L ask er ▁acknowled ges ▁that ▁Jews ▁and ▁Christians ▁as ▁having ▁some