{"id":427,"date":"2020-06-19T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/?post_type=history&#038;p=427"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:20:00","slug":"conversos-crypto-jews","status":"publish","type":"history","link":"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/history\/conversos-crypto-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversos &#038; Crypto-Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1593531723422{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/male-group-cropped-e1592327132348.jpeg?id=403) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1594839326359{background-color: rgba(142,132,78,0.63) !important;*background-color: rgb(142,132,78) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Crypto-Judaism refers to Jews who convert to Christianity to maintain outward appearances, while secretly living as Jews. The term was first used to describe the circumstances of Jews in the medieval Christian Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and later in Portugal. Jews here were pressured to convert to Christianity as an act of self-preservation. This trend accelerated, with increasing persecution and outrages, including massacres, particularly from the 1390s. Tens of thousands of Jews were baptised, frequently in mass ceremonies. They became known as c<em>onversos,<\/em>\u00a0C<em>ristianos N<\/em><em>uevos<\/em> (New Christians) \u2013 or, derogatorily, <em>marranos<\/em> (pigs).<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/history\/conversos-crypto-jews-more\/\">Read More&#8230;..<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-427-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/names-mix-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/names-mix-1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/names-mix-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Names of Jewish merchants secretly living in England in the 1600s[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult_exp_section_layer ult-adjust-bottom-margin  \" >\r\n\t<div id=\"uvc-exp-wrap-1582\"   data-ultimate-target='#uvc-exp-wrap-1582'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:20px;\"}'  class=\"ult_exp_section  ult-responsive \" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.01); font-weight:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;\" data-textcolor=\"#ffffff\"data-texthover=\"#dd9933\"data-icncolor=\"#333333\"data-ihover=\"#333333\"data-height=\"0\"data-cntbg=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.01)\"data-cnthvrbg=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.01)\"data-headerbg=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.01)\"data-headerhover=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.01)\"data-title=\"Read....\"data-newtitle=\"Read....\"data-icon=\"\"data-newicon=\"\"data-activeicon=\"#333333\"data-effect=\"slideToggle\"data-override=\"0\"data-activetitle=\"#dd9933\"data-activebg=\"rgba(0,0,0,0.01)\"data-img=\"\"data-newimg=\"\"><div  class=\"ult_exp_section-main \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult_expheader\" >Read....\r\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ult_exp_content \" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.01);padding:0px;margin:0px;\"><div class=\"ult_ecpsub_cont\" style=\" \" >[vc_column_text]The recording lists names of Jewish merchants living secretly in England.<\/p>\n<p>Ref:<\/p>\n<p>WOOLF, MAURICE. \u201cForeign Trade of London Jews in the Seventeenth Century.\u201d\u00a0<em>Transactions &amp; Miscellanies (Jewish Historical Society of England)<\/em>, vol. 24, Jewish Historical Society of England, 1970, pp. 38\u201358,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/29778801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/29778801&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647348401543000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wYmYy3_qy7oHywX0VN720\">http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/<wbr \/>29778801<\/a>.\u00a0 Appendix IV[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Video : Dr. Roderigo Lopez&#8221; style=&#8221;outline&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;default&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-play-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lostjews.org.uk%2Foneloststone%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F06%2FLopez-better-sound-and-text-2606-low.mp4||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Roderigo-Lopez-2.pdf\">Read Roderigo Lopez<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-427-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Summary-Crypto-Jews-28.6.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Summary-Crypto-Jews-28.6.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lostjews.org.uk\/oneloststone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Summary-Crypto-Jews-28.6.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Conversos &amp; 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