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Well, the Spanish Inquisition didn't need to make up "witches", they had real Jews to burn. (And they were supremely effective - they expelled, converted, mass

Well, the Spanish Inquisition didn't need to make up "witches", they had real Jews to burn. (And they were supremely effective - they expelled, converted, massacred or exterminated the entire Jewish population. And then killed every one of them if they dared to convert back.)

anthk 6y ago
That happened the same across Europe and the Islamic world.
- goto11 6y ago
  No it didn't. Jews were often discriminated against in various ways, but weren't generally forces to convert under pain of torture. The Spanish Jews fled to other countries.