Founded by ex-conversos, it holds the world’s oldest manuscript of Maimonides’ code.

David Reubeni’s diary.

Juan de Pareja and Diego Velázquez

Luis de Carvajal and the beginning of Mexico City.

The country did not end autos-de-fé until 1821.

Although the population is less than a tenth of its 15th-century peak.

Alfonso de Zamora.

Reading the Bible as a justification for liberty.

Solomon Molcho.

Mass conversion, purity of blood, and good Jewish families.

Descendants of conversos, scattered among the nations.

Long before demanding Jews’ bodies, anti-Semitic societies demanded Jews’ dignity.

The man who would ban Spinoza first wrote poetry in Brazil.