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It adds a wild irony to the story considering he's responsible for the expansion of the Spanish and introduced Catholicism to an entire continent. Someone who
by someotherperson 2y ago
It adds a wild irony to the story considering he's responsible for the expansion of the Spanish and introduced Catholicism to an entire continent.
Someone who was punished by the Spanish and forced to convert a generation or two ago turns into its champion and spreads it elsewhere?
- ywvcbk 2y agoHe and his son would have faced severe discrimination, wouldn’t even be allowed to hold public office and technically his descendants wouldn’t even emigrate to the Americans had it been publicly known that he was a descendant of Jewish converts (regardless of his religious views). Surely that’s something the Spanish Crown would have used in the courtroom, considering that his descendants were engaged in a ~20 year lawsuit against the crown (which they won)?
- someotherperson 2y agoThat's assuming he even knew he was ethnically Jewish. His strong Catholicism and choosing not to immigrate to the Ottoman empire indicates this family history was probably withheld from him.