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Marranos historically referred to Sephardic Jews in Spain who converted to Christianity but secretly practiced Judaism
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- plural of Marrano
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They were respectively called marranos and moriscos.
A number of Marranos took positions in the clergy.
He was freed by his sailors most of whom were Marranos.
He too finds in the Marranos the best example of the inescapability of Judaism.
Freund knows perfectly that there are no marranos in Portugal.
The Marranos question thus arose in this country with greater acuteness than in Spain.
Belmonte is home to the last remaining community of marranos known as the Belmonte Jews.
The Marranos brought that with them.
Appearances of a Christianity practised in public by the Marranos.
The role of the Marranos was important in the Calvinist movement.
New Christians of Jewish origin were referred to as marranos.
Perhaps Spanish and Portuguese marranos arrived in the region as well.
Many residents of Venezuela were marranos.
Marranos established in the Spanish Netherlands played an important role in the Calvinist movement.
They are also called Marranos.
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The number of Marranos in Spain was enormous.
He was born in Portugal of a Marranos family.
In Amsterdam the Marranos returned to Judaism openly and freely.
Such Jews were known as conversos or Marranos.
This attracted other Italian Marranos to settle in Flemish cities.
Marranos of Ancona.
Those who converted were called Marranos or Conversos.
Large groups of Marranos settled in Emden and converted to Christianity.
The Chala Jews carry a very similar story to the Marranos of Spain.
Descendants of Marranos arrive in Israel.
He was freed by his sailors, most of whom were marranos themselves.
What is more, Marranos became priests and even bishops.
Arrival of Marranos.
These secret practitioners are commonly referred to as crypto-Jews or marranos.
Their courage attracted other Italian Marranos to settle in Flemish cities.
Today in America, although there are no such persecutions, there are still Marranos.
In the colonial period, marranos from Spain settled in the country.
Those of Jewish heritage were termed marranos swine, pigs.
The Marranos were not content to infiltrate the Spanish nobility ; they also infiltrated the Church.
The existence of many superficial converts among the Moriscos and Marranos i . e.
Were crypto-Jewish Marranos of the Los Alumbrados religious sect.
He notes that the main victims were converted Jews, called conversos or Marranos.
Still, the history of the Spanish Marranos is exceptional.
The greatest numbers to follow him were members of the Shalom Synagogue, often former marranos.
The History of Marranos in England consists of the Marranos ' contribution and achievement in England.
He found a great number of followers among the Shalom Synagogue, many of them former marranos.
The result, he says, was that most Marranos practiced a hybrid religion.
A true Babel of men and languages where a few adventurers and shady Marranos stand out . ”.
Similarly, the Marranos had a patron saint, Queen Esther, herself a hidden Jew.
As the persecutions against the Jews increased, the number of Marranos grew.
More intolerance, fifteen centuries later, among the Inquisitors pursuing the Marranos of Spain.
The Portuguese inquisitors mostly targeted the Jewish New Christians i.e. conversos or marranos.
On the wondrous journey to Jerusalem, the Ottoman Empire welcomed the Marranos with open arms.
While still a child, he was taken to Seville by his parents, who were Marranos.
New Christians ", Jews converting to Christianity called conversos, or pejoratively Marranos.
