Los Conversos: Crypto-Jews Under the Spanish Inquisition

They were known as conversos—Jews who converted to Catholicism, many under duress after the Alhambra Decree of 1492. But for centuries afterward, the Spanish Inquisition suspected thousands of them of secretly practicing Judaism. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the shadowy world of crypto-Jews in Spain: the social pressures that created them, the Inquisition's methods for rooting them out, and the extraordinary case of Alonso de Salazar, the inquisitor who began to doubt his own institution. Along the way, they examine the fama pública system of accusations, the role of the Edict of Faith, and the story of Francisco de la Cruz, a converso burned at the stake in Toledo. How did a society built on religious purity police the boundaries of belief? And what happened to the descendants of those who stayed? This is a close look at one of the most controversial chapters in Spanish history. #SpanishInquisition #Conversos #CryptoJews #AlhambraDecree #Suprema #AlonsoDeSalazar #FranciscoDeLaCruz #Toledo #AutoDeFe #EdictOfFaith #FamaPublica #InquisitionSpain #History #FexingoHistory #EarlyModernSpain #ReligiousPersecution #JewishHistory #Marrano Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo