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Marranos is a term for
Spanish and
Portuguese Jews who
converted to Christianity,
either voluntarily or by
Spanish or
Portuguese royal coercion, during...
- La
Gesta del
Marrano (published in
English as
Against the Inquisition) is a
novel written by
renowned prize-winning
Argentine author Marcos Aguinis. This...
-
Portuguese Jews who
outwardly professed Catholicism, also
known as Conversos,
Marranos, or the ****im. The
phenomenon is
especially ****ociated with
medieval Spain...
- who were
generally known as
Conversos (or in a more
derogatory fashion Marranos),
while the
Muslim converts were
called Moriscos.
Because these conversions...
- near the
major European sea
ports like
Amsterdam and London,
helping the
Marranos who were
expelled from the
Spanish Inquisition to rise up new merchant...
-
economically advantageous to
convert to
Catholicism (see Converso, Morisco, and
Marrano). The
existence of
superficial converts from
Judaism (i.e., Crypto-Jews)...
- secrecy, were
referred to as
judaizantes "Judaizers" and
pejoratively as
marranos. New
Christian converts of
Muslim origin were
known as moriscos. Unlike...
- "Roll Me
Through the Rushes" is a song
written by
David Lasley and Lana
Marrano (née
Susan Joan ****nes),
originally recorded by Rosie,
featuring the vocals...
- to
Christianity to
avoid antisemitic regulations and ****cution), the
Marranos (people who were
forced to
abandon Judaism against their will by violence...
- some
examples are
Santo Daime, Candomblé, and Umbanda. Crypto-Jews or
Marranos, conversos, and ****im were an
important part of
colonial life in Latin...
