Language:
Spanish
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
Cuadernos Judaicos
Angaben zur Quelle:
25 (2008) 121-155
Keywords:
Inquisition
;
Crypto-Jews
;
Crypto-Jews
;
Crypto-Jews
Abstract:
Some Spanish New Christians accompanied Columbus on his first voyage to America, and many others participated in expeditions of the first conquerors. In 1501 King Ferdinand declared that people punished by the Inquisition and their descendants could not travel to the Indies, but he later reversed his decision. The influence of Dominican friars and bishops, who were granted Inquisitorial powers in the New Continent, as well as the virulent hostility of Old Christian conquerors and immigrants, resulted in many Spanish Conversos being expelled, expropriated, or murdered, some burned alive. In 1570 King Philip II abolished the prerogative of the Dominicans and established Inquisitorial tribunals in Mexico and Lima, and in Cartagena de Indias in 1610. Persecution became more organized, deeply affecting the lives of Conversos throughout the continent, obligating them to move continuously from one country to another, or to leave the Spanish colonies for more tolerant places. The Inquisition in the New Continent extended its actions also against the communities of the newly immigrated Portuguese Conversos throughout the 17th century. Gives accounts of the fate of several persecuted Conversos and of their families.
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