1691 ⟶ Inquisition in Palma, Majorca, and the burning of Jewish converts

219 people are convicted of being Jewish in Palma, Majorca. ...

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⚔️ Forced Conversions and Killings of Jews in Palma, Majorca

All Jewish inhabitants of Palma, Majorca are either converted or killed.⟶

Forced ConversionMassacrePalma de MallorcaSpanish InquisitionReligious PersecutionLate Middle AgesJewish CommunityViolence

Spain

🔥 Jewish Scholars Burned at the Stake in Moscow

Several Jewish scholars are burned at the stake for proselytizing in Moscow.⟶

Religious PersecutionInquisitionEarly Modern PeriodRussiaForced ConversionMartyrdom

Russia

🔥 Burning of Frei Diogo da Assumpcão in Lisbon

Frei Diogo da Assumpcão, a partly Jewish friar who embraced Judaism, burned alive in Lisbon.⟶

InquisitionLisbonForced ConversionReligious PersecutionMarranosPortugalAuto-da-fé

Portugal

🔥 Auto-da-fé in Madrid

Auto-da-fé in Madrid.⟶

Spanish InquisitionAuto-da-féReligious PersecutionForced ConversionMarranosCrypto-JudaismEarly Modern PeriodCatholic Church

Spain

🔥 Inquisition in Palma, Majorca, and the burning of Jewish converts

219 people are convicted of being Jewish in Palma, Majorca. 37 of them are burned to death. Among those martyred is Raphael and his sister Catalina Benito, who although declaring she wanted to live, jumped right into the flames rather than to be baptized.⟶

Spanish InquisitionPalmaMajorcaAuto-da-féReligious PersecutionForced ConversionMarranosEarly Modern PeriodCrypto-JudaismMartyrdom

Spain

🔥 Burning of Conversos in Évora

A number of Converso Jews are burned alive in Évora, Portugal.⟶

Portuguese InquisitionConversosReligious PersecutionEarly Modern PeriodAuto-da-fé

Portugal