A novel of generations of conversos» Jews who converted to Christianity» during the years leading up to the Spanish Inquisition. (firstthings.com)
The Spanish Inquisition was responsible for the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 people during its 350 - year history, about 2 \ % of all cases, with executions peaking in the tribunal's first fifty years (mostly converso) and at the end of the sixteenth century (mostly morisco). (faith.org.uk)
It was reported, for example, that many Jews denounced conversos because of their betrayal of Judaism, while genuine converts to Christianity were keen to inform on those who were bringing the New Christians into disrepute. (faith.org.uk)