- Marranos in Spain
- Jews in Spain that were forced to convert to Christianity but remained faithful to Judaism and secretly practiced as Jews
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Marranos in Spain
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SPAIN — (in Hebrew at first אספמיא then ספרד), country in S.W. Europe. The use of the word Spain to denote Sepharad has caused some confusion in research. Spain came into being long after the Jews had been expelled from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… … Universalium
Marranos — Marranen, auch Marranos ist eine im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit übliche, abfällige Bezeichnung für die, zumeist unter Zwang, zum Christentum übergetretenen Juden und Muslime, die zum Teil heimlich ihre alte Religion praktizierten. In… … Deutsch Wikipedia
History of the Jews in Spain — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
History of the Marranos in England — The History of Marranos in England consists of the Marranos contribution and achievement in England.Arrival of MarranosToward the middle of the seventeenth century a considerable number of Marrano merchants settled in London and formed there a… … Wikipedia
MARRANO DIASPORA — new christians began to leave spain in the wake of the mass conversions of 1391 and portugal after the forced conversions in 1497. The tide of emigration ebbed and flowed, but was always stimulated by the advent of new disasters, such as the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Marrano — /meuh rah noh/, n., pl. Marranos. a Spanish or Portuguese Jew who was converted to Christianity during the late Middle Ages, usually under threat of death or persecution, esp. one who continued to adhere to Judaism in secret. [ < Sp: lit., pig,… … Universalium
Marranen — oder Marranos, auch conversos und Neuchristen (span. Cristianos nuevos, port. Cristãos novos) sind iberische Juden und deren Nachkommen, die unter Zwang oder schwerem Druck zum Christentum bekehrt wurden. Oft wurde ihnen vorgeworfen, als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
NEW CHRISTIANS — NEW CHRISTIANS, a term applied specifically to three groups of Jewish converts to Christianity and their descendants in the Iberian Peninsula. The first group converted in the wake of the massacres in Spain in 1391 and the proselytizing fervor of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JEWISH IDENTITY — Through the ages Jewish identity has been determined by two forces: the consensus of thinking or feeling within the existing Jewish community in each age and the force of outside, often anti Jewish, pressure, which continued to define and to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
