05-28-2024, 10:09 AM
"One estimate gives a Spanish Jewish population of 400,000 by the time of the expulsions of the late fifteenth century, during which some 160,000 Spanish Jews were expelled, largely settling around the Mediterranean, while the remainder underwent conversion to Christianity, living as so-called conversos (in Spain) or cristãos novos (in Portugal)."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...MTZieXRlcw
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...MTZieXRlcw