Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A converso (Spanish: [komˈbeɾso]; Portuguese: [kõˈvɛɾsu]; feminine form conversa), "convert" (from Latin conversus 'converted, turned around'), was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.
The Expulsion of Jews from Spain was the expulsion of practicing Jews following the Alhambra Decree in 1492, [1] which was enacted to eliminate their influence on Spain's large converso population and to ensure its members did not revert to Judaism. Over half of Spain's Jews had converted to Catholicism as a result of the Massacre of 1391. [2]
Luis de Torres (died 1493) was Christopher Columbus's interpreter on his first voyage to America.. De Torres was a converso, a Jewish person who was forced to convert to Christianity or be put to death according to the Spanish Inquisition, apparently born Yosef ben HaLevi HaIvri in Moguer, Spain.
Peter Nahon, Le rite portugais à Bordeaux d’après son Seder ḥazanut, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner : Paris, 2018 ISBN 978-2-7053-3988-3. Description and analysis of the Spanish and Portuguese liturgy of Bordeaux, France. Gaguine, Shem Tob, Keter Shem Tob, 7 vols (in Hebrew): ketershemtob.com, vols. 1–2, vol. 3, vol. 6, vol. 7
Sephardic Bnei Anusim (Hebrew: בני אנוסים ספרדיים, Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈbne anuˈsim sfaraˈdijim], lit."Children [of the] coerced [converted] Spanish [Jews]) is a modern term which is used to define the contemporary Christian descendants of an estimated quarter of a million 15th-century Sephardic Jews who were coerced or forced to convert to Catholicism during the 14th and ...
1? Palma de Mallorca: 3 0 0 11 11 Saragossa: 1 0 0 3 3 Valencia: 4 2 0 49 51 Las Palmas: 0 0 0 0 0 Córdoba: 13 17 19 125 161 Cuenca: 7 7 10 35 52 Santiago de Compostela: 4 0 0 13 13 Granada: 15 36 47 369 452 Llerena: 5 1 0 45 46 Madrid: 4 11 13 46 70 Murcia: 6 4 1 106 111 Seville: 15 16 10 220 246 Toledo: 33 6 14 128 148 Valladolid: 10 9 2 70 ...
[3] After the Massacre of 1391, many more Jews began to convert to Catholicism, giving rise to a substantial Marrano population. Strong Jewish cultural, familial, and ideological ties persisted among the conversos. Rabbinic authorities, categorizing conversos as anusim or "forced ones", affirmed their continued Jewish identity despite the ...
3 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "History of the conversos" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect ...