Title: En la raya de Portugal :
Authors: Huerga Criado, Pilar.
Date: 1994
Publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca,
Physical description: 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language: Spanish
LC classification: M
Abstract: A micro-history of the Converso condition, taking as examples four Converso families in Ciudad Rodrigo and Extremadura, Spain, at the climax of the Portuguese Converso immigration, 1610-60. Analyzes the family structure and everyday life of the Conversos, outlining endogamy and nuances of religiosity (from fervent Catholicism to crypto-Judaism), as well as their persecution through "limpieza de sangre" statutes and Inquisitorial trials. States that the violent Inquisitorial repression, culminating in a series of autos-da-fé in 1662, together with economic factors, resulted in a new wave of Converso emigrations to France and the Netherlands.
Subject headings (LCSH): Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula--Portugal--History.; Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula--Spain--Ciudad Rodrigo--History.; Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula--Spain--Ciudad-Rodrigo--History.; Jewish Christians--Portugal--History.; Jewish Christians--Spain--Ciudad Rodrigo--History.; Jewish Christians--Spain--Ciudad-Rodrigo--History.; Marranos--Spain--History