This wide-ranging narrative explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews played in settling and building the Atlantic world between … More
Tag: Conversos in New Spain
Conversos in New Mexico
The earliest exploration of New Mexico occurred in 1540 under Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. The first Converso adventurer was Gaspar … More
Conversos Trades in New Spain
Conversos in New Spain were active in all types of trades. Of those arrested for Judaizing in the mid-seventeenth century, … More
Portuguese Crypto-Jews in New Spain
Crypto-Jewish activity in New Spain is often characterized as a Portuguese Crypto-Jewish phenomenon. I Mexican Inquisitional documents note the following: … More
Simon Vaez de Sevilla
This is the third of what I refer to as mini-posts that will focus on facts related to Crypto-Jews/Conversos in … More
B'nei Anusim Center for Education 