15th–17th centuries
Autos-da-fé against the chuetas
1691·Palma de Majorque
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thirty-seven condemned, three burned alive including Rafael Valls
Autos-da-fé were held in Palma de Majorca against the chuetas: thirty-seven were condemned, three of whom were burned alive, among them Rafael Valls.
The chuetas were the descendants of the Jews of Majorca forcibly converted at the end of the fourteenth century, who had remained on the island and married among themselves; they formed some fifteen families recognizable by their name. Those who were burned alive had been so condemned for refusing to repent at the moment of their execution, which precluded the mercy of being strangled first.
The lists of the condemned were displayed in the church for two centuries, and the exclusion of the chuetas from Majorcan society lasted until well into the twentieth century; it is the longest known case of stigma transmitted from generation to generation.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Trials and executions
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Espagne
Ouvrages sur les chuetas de Majorque et sur l'Inquisition espagnole.