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Alexander Bevilacqua · Who is a Jew? Converso Identities

Summary by lrb.co.uk
While they may have converted out of fear for their lives, many New Christians were eager to integrate into mainstream Christian society. They joined religious orders, sponsored family chapels in churches and cathedrals, and married Old Christians. Some sought additional protection by acquiring Old Christian status through forged genealogical documents. Yet despite such efforts, there were suspicions that the new converts still practised Judaism
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lrb.co.uk broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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