Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Marranos (Spanish: [maˈranos]; Portuguese: [mɐˈʁɐnuʃ], [mɐˈʁɐnus], sing. marrano; Catalan: marrans [məˈrans], [maˈrans], sing. marrà) were originally Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity, some of whom may have continued to practice Judaism in secret. The term came into later use in 1492 with the Castilian Alhambra Decree, reversing protections originally in the Treaty of Granada (1491).The converts were also known as cristianos nuevos (Spanish) or cristãos-novos (Portuguese), which mean New Christians; conversos (the converted); or anusim (Hebrew for "forced"). The latter is the preferred term among their descendants and some scholars: Marrano had and has still today a pejorative sense in Spanish.. }
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- Marrano abstract "Marranos (Spanish: [maˈranos]; Portuguese: [mɐˈʁɐnuʃ], [mɐˈʁɐnus], sing. marrano; Catalan: marrans [məˈrans], [maˈrans], sing. marrà) were originally Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity, some of whom may have continued to practice Judaism in secret. The term came into later use in 1492 with the Castilian Alhambra Decree, reversing protections originally in the Treaty of Granada (1491).The converts were also known as cristianos nuevos (Spanish) or cristãos-novos (Portuguese), which mean New Christians; conversos (the converted); or anusim (Hebrew for "forced"). The latter is the preferred term among their descendants and some scholars: Marrano had and has still today a pejorative sense in Spanish.".