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noun - (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion
noun - a Jew who converted to Christianity
CONVERSOS - A converso (Spanish: [komberso]; Portuguese: [kõvsu]; feminine form conversa), "a convert", (from Latin conversvs, "converted, turned around") was a...
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A Converso (Spanish: [komberso]; Portuguese: [kõvsu]; feminine form conversa), "a convert", (from Latin conversvs, "converted, turned around") was a Jew who converted to Roman Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants. * The majority of Spain's Jews converted to Christianity as a result of the pogroms in 1391. Those who remained openly practicing Jews were expelled by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in the Alhambra decree in 1492, following the Christian Reconquista (reconquest) of Spain. However, even a significant proportion of these remaining practicing Jews chose to join the already large converso community rather than face exile. In order to safe-guard the Old Christian population and make sure that converso "New Christians" were true to their new faith, the Holy Office of the Inquisition was established in Spain in 1481.Conversos who did not fully or genuinely embrace Catholicism, but continued to pra |