See also:

• MARANO (accursed or banned)

MARANO (accursed or banned)  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied to Jewish Christians in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . Converted to See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholicism under compulsion, these " New Christians " often continued to observe Jewish See also:

• RITES

rites in their homes, as the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition records attest . It was in fact largely due to the Maranos that the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish Inquisition was founded . The Maranos made rapid strides in prosperity, and " accumulated honours, See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and popular hatred " (See also:

• LEA, HENRY CHARLES (1825–1909)

Lea, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Spanish Inquisition, i . 125) . This was one of the causes that led to the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews from Spain in 1492 . Maranos emigrated to various countries, but many remained in the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula . Subsequently distinguished individuals See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home for more tolerant lands . The Jewish community in See also:

• LONDON

London was refounded by Maranos in the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, too, owed much to the enterprise of Portuguese Maranos . In See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam many Maranos found See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum; See also:

• SPINOZA, BARUCH (1632-1677)

Spinoza was descended from such a See also:

• FAMILY

family . There are still remnants of See also:

• MARANO (accursed or banned)

Marano families in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal .

See Lea, loc. cit. and elsewhere; see See also:

• INDEX

index s.v . " New See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian "; See also:

• GRAETZ, HEINRICH (1817–1891)

Graetz, History of the Jews, Eng. trans, see index s.v . " Marranos "; M . Kayserling, in Jewish Encyclopedia, viii . 318 seq . ; and for the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day Jewish Quarterly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, xv . 251 seq . (I .