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Tag: Mexican Inquisition

Historias y Leyendas de Mexico 2

My family visited Mexico City in November 2018 to visit my wife’s family. During the trip, we visited two bookstores … More

Converso Families, Legends of Mexico, Mexican Inquisition

The Portuguese Conspiracy

In 1640, the Duque de Braganca (King Joao IV) succeeded in throwing off Spanish rule in Portugal. Portuguese settlers were … More

Inquisition in Lima, Mexican Inquisition, Peruvian Conversos, Portuguese Conversos, Portuguese Inquisition, Portuguese Jews

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

Conversos in Mexico, Conversos in New Spain, Mexican Inquisition, Portuguese Conversos

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

Conversos, Conversos in Mexico, Conversos in New Spain, Conversos in the Philippines, Mexican Inquisition

Diego y Gonzalo de Morales and the Mexican Inquisition

Gonzalo had arrived in the Indies 1520s. Gonzalo eventually owned  a store in Mexico City. He was initially arrested by … More

Conversos, Diego de Morales, Gonzalo de Morales, Inquisition, Mexican Inquisition

The Memoirs of Luis Carvajal

For the first time in more than seventy-five years, the memoirs of perhaps the most famous Crypto-Jew , Luis Carvajal … More

Inquisition, Luis Carvajal, Mexican Inquisition, New York Historical Society, Nuevo Reino de Leon

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