Sociología conversa en los siglos XV y XVI: La dinámica de las familias manchegas

Abstract

In the mid-fifteenth century, the descendants of the Jewish converts condemned by the Toledo Inquisition diversified their economic and profesional activities by imitating the ruling classes. They became actively involved in agriculture, entered religious orders, and acquired honorary titles, to such degree that they were readily able to integrate into mainstream society. That notwithstanding, they did not at the same time abandon their commercial interests, which provided them with an economic mainstay. Integration into the mainstream of Spanish society was not incompatible with maintaining prior specific commercial interests.