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Spanish Inquisition: The History of the Tribunal of the Holy Office The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition was a powerful judicial institution established under the Spanish mo...
Read Spanish Inquisition: The History of the Tribunal of the Holy OfficeConversos: The History and Legacy of Jewish Converts in Iberia The term converso (from the Latin conversus, meaning "converted" or "turned around") refers to Jews in Spain and Portugal wh...
Read Conversos: The History and Legacy of Jewish Converts in IberiaMarranos and Crypto-Jews: The Secret History of Iberian Conversos During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Iberian Peninsula became the stage for a complex struggle of faith, sur...
Read Marranos and Crypto-Jews: The Secret History of Iberian ConversosCrypto-Judaism: The History of Hidden Faith and the Anusim Crypto-Judaism is the practice of secretly adhering to the Jewish faith while publicly professing another religion. The term is ...
Read Crypto-Judaism: The History of Hidden Faith and the AnusimFerdinand VII: The Controversial King of Spain Ferdinand VII was a pivotal and polarizing figure in early 19th-century Spanish history. Known by two starkly different nicknames—el Deseado...
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