Download or read book Marranos on the Moradas written by Norman Toby Simms and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2009 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simms redefines the study of two often misunderstood religious groups: the Marranos who claim descent from the persecuted Spanish Jews forced to convert to Catholicism yet who practiced Jewish rituals secretly; and the Penitentes, a Catholic group accused of violent acts of self-flagellation and other forms of masochism.