1. Conversos and the Spanish Inquisition
The target of the Spanish Inquisitors was the Conversos, Jews who had converted to Catholicism, not the practicing Jews, who were expelled due to their supposed influence over the Conversos. ... Rumors quickly spread that the plague was the result of Jewish curse, that Jews captured Christian children and drank their blood, and that Jews tortured and killed animals to create magic spells. ...
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