ISBN: 8487408311 9788487408311

Category: Religion / Christianity / Denominations

Page count: 146

Discusses the family background of the Spanish historian Francisco de Cascales of Murcia (ca. 1564-1642) in the perspective of his Jewish origins. Ch. 1 (pp. 9-59) describes the Inquisitorial tribunal of Murcia, its proceedings and trials, especially between 1560-67 when scores of Conversos were sentenced for Judaizing, among them Cascales' father and other relatives. His father was burned at the stake. Ch. 2 (pp. 63-84) traces Cascales' family history and outlines the effects of the trials: loss of property and perpetual infamy for generations to come. The appendix (pp. 87-146) contains documents referring to the trials, as well as the names of the Conversos sentenced in the city of Murcia.