Jews from the Iberian Peninsula forcibly converted to Catholicism

From Christianity to Judaism : the story of Isaac Orobio de Castro / Yosef Kaplan ; translated from the Hebrew by Raphael Loewe.

Medici Marrani in Italia nel XVI e XVII secolo / Mirko Malavolti.

El secreto de los Peñaranda : el universo judeoconverso de la biblioteca de Barcarrota, siglo XVI y XVII / Fernando Serrano Mangas.

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Crypto-Jews - Iberian Peninsula

Works from the collections

From Christianity to Judaism : the story of Isaac Orobio de Castro / Yosef Kaplan ; translated from the Hebrew by Raphael Loewe.

Medici Marrani in Italia nel XVI e XVII secolo / Mirko Malavolti.

El secreto de los Peñaranda : el universo judeoconverso de la biblioteca de Barcarrota, siglo XVI y XVII / Fernando Serrano Mangas.