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unusual facts about Paul of Burgos


Paul of Burgos

Kenneth Levin has stated that when a wave of forced conversions of Jews to Christianity began in 1411, Paul "took a leading role in the assault on Spain’s remaining Jews and was responsible for drawing up edicts that isolated the Jews, stripped them of many communal rights, and, most importantly, deprived them of almost all means of earning a living, leaving them with the choice of death by privation for themselves and their families or conversion."


Alfonso de Palencia

Of converso origin, Fernández de Palencia was educated at the palace of the bishop of Burgos, Paul of Burgos, a former rabbi who had been converted to Christianity by Saint Vincent Ferrer.


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