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Encyclopaedia Judaica

Persecution of the Jews: The inquisition of the church against the Jews 1481-1834

How criminal Catholic "Christian" church and the criminal Pope justified anonymous allegations against the Jews and New Christians with torture, degradation, and burning - and confiscation of the property

from: Inquisition; In: Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971, vol. 8

presented by Michael Palomino (2007)

6. Inquisition since 1492: Inquisition on the Balearic Islands

<IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS.

[1678: Discovery of a secret synagogue - the stake is buring in 1679 - confiscations - stake 1688-91 - crypto-Judaism is wiped out]

The activity of the Inquisition in the Balearic Islands reached its climax at the close of the 17th century. The Jewish community had officially ceased to exist in 1435, but the Inquisition had nevertheless been (col. 1388)

active for the first half century after its introduction (see *Majorca). But the discovery of a secret synagogue in 1678 led to a renewal of activity. In four autos-de-fé in 1679, no less than 219 reconciliations took place, accompanied by wholesale confiscations, though there were no capital sentences. However, the insincerity  of the enforced repentance soon became manifest, and in 1688-91 the result was seen in a fresh persecution, accompanied by 45 burnings. By this awful lesson, crypto-Judaism in the island was finally blotted out, though the prejudice against those of Jewish blood remained into the mid-20th century.> (col. 1389)

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