... 45). The new Christians also had the support of Pope Nicholas, who, in the Humani Generis Enemicus, denounced the idea of excluding Christians from office simply because of their blood origins (Kamen 34). Normal, friendly social relations between Conversos and Jews could still be found at all levels, but there were also ominous signs of tension. "I repent having become a Christian," (qtd ... economic problems and natural disasters in the fourteenth century provoked a rise in intolerance, especially anti-Semitism. Common people became jealous of the prosperous Conversos and renamed them ...

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