... was the Conversos, Jews who had converted to Catholicism, not the practicing Jews, who were expelled due to their supposed influence over the Conversos. The Inquisition had been an active force in Europe for over 250 years before it came to Spain (Stewart 25). It is divided into three stages. First was the medieval extermination of heretics. Second was the Spanish ... where all the confessors were executed. According to the exile decree, it was necessary to remove the pernicious presence of the Jews and their living Judaism because they were having a corrupting influence on "bad Christi...

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