Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Massacre At Lisbon
The Portuguese hated the Marranos much more than the Jews, considering them neither Christians nor Jews, but atheists and heretics. Many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgher People: Encyclopedia - Burgher People
Burgher is the name of a Eurasian people and, less commonly, a Creole language based on Portuguese. In Sri Lanka the term is used to iden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Converso: Encyclopedia - Converso
Converso (Spanish and Portuguese for "a convert", from Latin conversus, "converted, turned around") and its feminine form conversa referr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia - Jew
Jew - Usage note. Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was the Inquisition acting in Spain under the control of the Kings of Spain. This Inquisition was the result of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - History Of The Jews
Jew - Jews and migrations. Throughout Jewish history, Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from both their origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Moorish Spain And The Golden Age 711-12th Century
With the victory of Tariq ibn Ziyad in 711, the lives of the Sephardim changed dramatically. In spite of the stigma attached to being dhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - History Of The Jews
Jew - Jews and migrations. Throughout Jewish history, Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from both their origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hugo Pratt: Encyclopedia Ii - Hugo Pratt - Biography
Hugo Pratt - Early years. Born in Rimini in Romagna to Rolando Pratt and Evelina Genero, Hugo Pratt spent all his childhood in Venice i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duchy Of The Archipelago: Encyclopedia Ii - Duchy Of The Archipelago - Background And Foundation
The Italian city states, especially Genoa, Pisa, and Venice, had been interested in the islands of the Aegean long before the Fourth Crus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ethnic Slurs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ethnic Slurs - M
Minnesotan accent, where vowels are usually elongated. Minoplis (Dominican Republic) Very dark-skinned Dominicans or all Haitians, deriv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgher People: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgher People - History
The Portuguese arrived in what was then known by outsiders as Ceylon, in 1505. Since there were no women in the Portuguese navy, the Port...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Moorish Spain And The Golden Age 711-12th Century
With the victory of Tariq ibn Ziyad in 711, the lives of the Sephardim changed dramatically. In spite of the stigma attached to being dhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Origin
The Aragonese Ferdinand was not above using religion as a means of controlling his people. He wanted the Jewish and Muslim religions wipe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uriel Da Costa: Encyclopedia Ii - Uriel Da Costa - Life
Uriel was born in Oporto with the name Gabriel da Costa. He hailed from a Marrano family that had converted from Judaism to Catholicism i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ethnic Slurs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ethnic Slurs - M
Minnesotan accent, where vowels are usually elongated. Minoplis (Dominican Republic) Very dark-skinned Dominicans or all Haitians, deriv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Usage Note
Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the use of "Jew" as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Historical Background
At least for three thousand years, the Jewish people have lived in the Land of Israel, where they developed a monotheistic religion and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Etymology
There are many different views as to the origin of the English language word Jew. The most common view is that the Middle English word Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Ethnic Divisions
The most commonly used terms to describe ethnic divisions among Jews currently are: Ashkenazi (meaning "German" in Hebrew, denoting the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duchy Of The Archipelago: Encyclopedia Ii - Duchy Of The Archipelago - Collapse And Ottoman Conquest
Before the last Latin Christian duke, Jacopo IV Crispo, was deposed in 1566 by Sultan Selim II, he was already paying the Sultan tribute....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Official Persecution And Massacres 1300-1391
In the beginning of the fourteenth century the position of Jews became precarious throughout Spain as anti-semitism increased many Jews e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Forced Conversions And The New Christians 1391-1492
The year 1391 forms a turning-point in the history of the Spanish Jews. The persecution was the immediate forerunner of the Inquisition, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Edict Of Expulsion
Several months after the fall of Granada an Edict of Expulsion was issued against the Jews of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella (March 31, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Christian Spain 974-1300
History of the Jews in Spain - Early Rule 974-1085. Christian princes, the counts of Castile and the first kings of Leon, treated the J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Modern Times 1858-
When Spain got a new Constitution in 1868, Jews once again were permitted to tread once more upon Spanish soil, but the edict of expulsio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Marranos 1492-1858
The history of the Jews henceforth in Spain is that of the Maranos, whose numbers, as has been shown, had been increased by no less than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Population
Prior to World War II the world population of Jews was approximately 18 million. The Holocaust reduced this number to approximately 12 mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Early History Before 300 Ce
Image:Hispania.jpgSome associate the country of Tarshish, as mentioned in the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, I Kings, and Jonah, wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Under The Visigoths 5th Century-711
Barbaric invasions brought most of the Iberian Peninsula under Visigothic rule by the early fifth century. Other than in their contempt f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Who Is A Jew?
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Population
Prior to World War II the world population of Jews was approximately 18 million. The Holocaust reduced this number to approximately 12 mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgher People: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgher People - Culture
Burgher culture is a rich mixture of east and west, reflecting their ancestry. They are the most westernised of the ethnic groups in Sri ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Usage Note
Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the use of "Jew" as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Under The Visigoths 5th Century-711
Barbaric invasions brought most of the Iberian Peninsula under Visigothic rule by the early fifth century. Other than in their contempt f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Christian Spain 974-1300
History of the Jews in Spain - Early Rule 974-1085. Christian princes, the counts of Castile and the first kings of Leon, treated the J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Death Tolls
Numbers are difficult to establish with accuracy for the Spanish Inquistion, and there is an ongoing debate between recent historical res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Torture Techniques Used
According to a joint BBC/A&E production called "Myths of the Spanish Inquisition" (1994), torture chambers did not exist during the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Context
In the 15th century, Spain was not a single state but a confederation of realms, each with their own administrations, such as the Crown o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - The Inquisition And The Expulsion Of The Jews
See also: History of the Jews in Spain Ferdinand and Isabella appointed Tomás de Torquemada in 1481 to investigate and punish conversos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Operation Of The Inquistion
Sixtus IV died in 1484, and was succeeded by Pope Innocent VIII. Innocent twice issued bulls asking for greater mercy and leniency for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Official Persecution And Massacres 1300-1391
In the beginning of the fourteenth century the position of Jews became precarious throughout Spain as anti-semitism increased many Jews e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Early History Before 300 Ce
Image:Hispania.jpgSome associate the country of Tarshish, as mentioned in the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, I Kings, and Jonah, wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Who Is A Jew?
Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Forced Conversions And The New Christians 1391-1492
The year 1391 forms a turning-point in the history of the Spanish Jews. The persecution was the immediate forerunner of the Inquisition, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Etymology
There are different views as to the origin of the English language word Jew. The most common view is that the Middle English word Jew is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - Ethnic Divisions
The most commonly used terms to describe ethnic divisions among Jews currently are: Ashkenazi (meaning "German" in Hebrew, denoting the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Edict Of Expulsion
Several months after the fall of Granada an Edict of Expulsion was issued against the Jews of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella (March 31, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Marranos 1492-1858
The history of the Jews henceforth in Spain is that of the Maranos, whose numbers, as has been shown, had been increased by no less than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Modern Times 1858-
When Spain got a new Constitution in 1868, Jews once again were permitted to tread once more upon Spanish soil, but the edict of expulsio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - In Flanders
Next to Turkey the Marranos turned chiefly to Flanders, attracted by its flourishing cities, such as Antwerp, where they settled at an ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - In Portugal
The Portuguese Marranos or Cristãos Novos clung much more faithfully and steadfastly than their Spanish brethren to the religion of thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Dispersion
The Marranos, who were constantly threatened and persecuted by the Inquisition, tried in every way to leave the country, either in bands ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - In Spain
The large numbers of the Marranos, as well as their wealth and influence, aroused the envy and hatred of the populace, whom the clergy in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Types Of Marranos
The Marranos and their descendants may be divided into three categories. The first of these is composed of those who, devoid of any real ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Temporary Marranos
The third category, which includes by far the largest number of Marranos, comprises those who yielded through stress of circumstances, bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Riots At Córdoba
The example set by Toledo was imitated six years later by Córdoba, in which city the Christians and the Marranos formed two hostile part...   » Read the article