Christian faith and practice, with severe penalties for those convicted of secretly continuing to practice their original beliefs. This would have involved the Inquisition paying close attention to the households of suspected converted Jews, since most of the families still practicing Judaism would have done so through the food. Information about secretly observant Jews largely survives in Inquisition cases against individuals.

Spain

Officially, Jews who converted in Spain during the 14th and 15th centuries were known as ''Cristianos Nuevos''

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