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The Tragic Fate of Portugal's Jewish Crypto-Jews
In this episode, we uncover the hidden history of the conversos and cristãos-novos in 16th-century Portugal. While earlier episodes covered military conquests and trade monopolies, we turn our attention to the internal social fracture caused by the Inquisition. We explore how the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 forced thousands into hiding in Lisbon, creating a parallel society that eventually triggered a royal crackdown under King John III. The narrative focuses on the Auto da Fé in 1506, the establishment of the Tribunal do Santo Ofício in 1536, and the specific mechanisms used to…
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