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Article: Conversos
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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CONVERSOS
CONVERSOS.
. The Jews of Spain who converted to Christianity are usually called
conversos,
although they are also known as Marranos or New Christians to distinguish them from the more numerous Old Christians. Some Jews converted voluntarily. Two of the best known are Abner of Burgos and Pablo de Santa Mar
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a, both of whom were baptized in the fourteenth century and inspired others to follow their lead. Other Jews were forced to convert to save their lives during the massacres and mob violence motivated by a rising tide of anti-Semitism that was most perceptible in the late fourteenth century and continued on through the fifteenth century. However conversion was ...
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