- A
converso (Spanish: [komˈbeɾso]; Portuguese: [kõˈvɛɾsu];
feminine form conversa), "convert" (from
Latin conversus 'converted,
turned around'), was a Jew...
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specifically refers to the
charge of crypto-Judaism,
whereas the term
converso was used for the
wider po****tion of
Jewish converts to Catholicism, whether...
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converted to Catholicism. The
latter were
called conversos.
While mostly poor or of
modest means, some
conversos became successful in
government and commerce...
- San
Paolo Converso is a
former Roman Catholic church in Milan,
region of Lombardy, Italy, now
utilized as a
contemporary art space. The
church was constructed...
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Mediterranean Sea, who are
descendants of
Majorcan Jews that
either were
conversos (forcible
converts to Christianity) or were Crypto-Jews,
forced to keep...
- and
Portuguese Jews who
outwardly professed Catholicism, also
known as
Conversos, Marranos, or the ****im. The
phenomenon is
especially ****ociated with...
- The
history of the Jews in
Latin America began with
conversos who
joined the
Spanish and
Portuguese expeditions to the continents. The
Alhambra Decree...
- Christians"
refers to the
Jewish converts, who were
generally known as
Conversos (or in a more
derogatory fashion Marranos),
while the
Muslim converts...
- The
history of the Jews in
Mexico began in 1519 with the
arrival of
Conversos,
often called Marranos or "Crypto-Jews",
referring to
those Jews forcibly...
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eliminate the
influence of
practising Jews on Spain's
large formerly-Jewish
converso New
Christian po****tion, to
ensure the
latter and
their descendants did...
