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2. Massacre of 1391 - Wikipedia

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   The vast majority of conversos remained in Spain and Portugal, and their descendants, who number in the millions, live in both of these countries. [ citation needed ] 100,000-300,000 Jews did leave Spain after 1492 (estimates vary) and settled in different parts of Europe and the Maghreb, while some migrated as far as the Indian subcontinent ...

3. Converso - Wikipedia

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   These women also financially contributed to the growth of the Jewish/Converso community and synagogue. [5] The Jewish community and conversos exchanged books and knowledge, Jews taught conversos how to read to ensure constant growth of their Jewish heritage. To take a stance against the church and its principles, some conversos performed ...

4. Festival of Santa Esterica - Wikipedia

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   The Festival of Santa Esterica is a holiday that was created as a substitute for Purim by the Anusim (also known as "conversos", Sephardi Jews forced to convert to Catholicism) after their expulsion from Spain in the late 15th century. It is still celebrated today in Latin America and the Southwestern United States. [1]

5. Expulsion of Jews from Spain - Wikipedia

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   While few reliable statistics exist for the expulsion, modern estimates by scholars from the University of Barcelona estimated the number of Sephardic Jews during the 15th century at 400,000 out of a total population of approximately 7.5 million people in all of Spain, out of whom about half (at least 200,000 [87] [88]) or slightly more ...

6. Spanish Inquisition - Wikipedia

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   Fray Alonso de Ojeda, a Dominican friar from Seville, convinced Queen Isabella of the existence of Crypto-Judaism among Andalusian conversos [46] during her stay in Seville between 1477 and 1478. [ a ] [ 47 ] A report, produced by Pedro González de Mendoza , Archbishop of Seville, and by the Segovian Dominican Tomás de Torquemada —of ...

7. Spanish and Portuguese Jews - Wikipedia

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   The main factor distinguishing "Spanish and Portuguese Jews" (Western Sephardim) from other "Sephardim proper" is that "Spanish and Portuguese Jews" refers specifically to those Jews who descend from persons whose history as practising members of Jewish communities with origins in the Iberian peninsula was interrupted by a period of having been ...

8. History of the Jews in Spain - Wikipedia

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   Though both monarchs were surrounded by Neo-Catholics, such as Pedro de Caballería and Luis de Santángel, and though Ferdinand was the grandson of a Jew, he showed the greatest intolerance to Jews, whether converted or otherwise, commanding all "conversos" to reconcile themselves with the Inquisition by the end of 1484, and obtaining a bull ...

9. 2021–22 Sevilla FC season - Wikipedia

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   The 2021–22 season was the 115th season in the existence of Sevilla and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.In addition to the domestic league, Sevilla also participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.