Conversos and the Inquisition in Jaen

The seventh volume in the Hispania Judaica series describes the fate of the Conversos in the Kingdom of Jaén at the hands of the Inquisition Tribunal which operated there for forty-three years, from 1483 until 1526. The Inquisitorial material from the Jaén tribunal is scattered in various archives and part of it has been destroyed. The preparation of this book on the crypto-Jews in the Jaén necessitated, therefore, intensive research in various archives. These limitations did not affect the vivid picture of crypt-Jewish life that is depicted in the sources published here for the first time, which offer invaluable information on Converso life and on the methods of the Inquisition.