> How many people understand the converso crisis and its antecedents that threatened the very existence of Spain? > Rather, it was the widespread fear of feign

> How many people understand the converso crisis and its antecedents that threatened the very existence of Spain? > Rather, it was the widespread fear of feigned conversions, to obtain high offices, among the general populace that led to widespread unrest (many conversos had attained high ranking positions in the Spanish government). Sounds like the same tropes used to spread racism and fear of migrants in our times. Except they set up an institution to investigate people from other races and cultures who tried to integrate and assimilate, tortured them for confessions and burned them alive if they were found to still secretly maintain any traditions of their own culture. I can see why people with a Catholic identity would want to whitewash the history of their church, if they feel singled out for criticism. But you are right that it wasn’t only Catholics who did bad things, and the Inquisition probably didn’t do them _because_ they were Catholic. Doesn’t make it any less evil though.