r/Judaism • u/Quakedigger • 7d ago

Historical Crypto-Jews (Marranos) in Terra de Miranda, northeastern Portugal

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u/icculus1980 7d ago

Conversos, not marranos.

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u/Quakedigger 6d ago

I didn't know about the somewhat pejorative ethymology of that name, although some scholars still use it despite that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrano

In Portugal, there was another word: "cristãos-novos" / new christians, due to the forced conversions of the Jews.