History of the conversos

thumb|Saint Dominic anachronistically presiding over an auto de fe, by [[Pedro Berruguete (around 1495)]]

1492 decree expelling Jews from Spain

thumb|300px|Marranos: A secret Passover Seder in Spain during the times of Inquisition. An 1893 painting by [[Moshe Maimon.]] Marranos were Spanish and Portuguese Jews, as well as Navarrese Jews, who converted to Christianity, either voluntarily or by Spanish or Portuguese royal coercion, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but who continued to practice Judaism in secret or were suspected of it. They are also called crypto-Jews, a term increasingly preferred in scholarly works over Marranos.

A converso (; ; feminine form conversa, ) was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.

community descended from Muslims and Jews

Crypto-Judaism is the secretive adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith. Practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (from the Greek word kryptos – , 'hidden').

Expulsion of Jews from the territories of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in 1492

system of tribunals enforcing Catholic orthodoxy

Spanish oppressive policies against crypto-Jews and crypto-Muslims

Social and legal category in early modern Iberia

fourth viceroy of New Spain (1510-1583)

The lançados (literally, those who were thrown out) were settlers and colonizers of Portuguese origin in Senegambia, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and other areas on the coast of West Africa. Many were Jews—often New Christians—escaping persecution from the Portuguese Inquisition.

Degredado is the traditional Portuguese term for an exiled convict, especially between the 15th and 18th centuries.

Majorcan Jewish woman burned alive by the Inquisition

Spanish bishop and writer

seafaring Jewish people who engaged in piracy

Sinagoga is a settlement in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, 4 kilometers east of Ribeira Grande and 18 km north-northeast of the island capital Porto Novo. It is situated on the national road connecting Ribeira Grande and Pombas (EN1-SA02).