Medieval Jews were a religious minority constantly pressured to convert to Christianity, the main, dominant religion. Some yielded and renounced their Jewish faith and became conversos, or converts. Nevertheless, they continued to be suspected and pursued by the inquisitors, who accused them of heresy.
The conversos kept their links with their former associates, kept their jobs and lived as groups outside the Jewish quarters, constituting a kind of transitory society. The number of conversos increased after major incidents such as the attacks on the Jewish quarters in 1348 and 1391.
The conversos kept their links with their former associates, kept their jobs and lived as groups outside the Jewish quarters, constituting a kind of transitory society. The number of conversos increased after major incidents such as the attacks on the Jewish quarters in 1348 and 1391.