FAMOUS CRIMINAL PHRASES: LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE
FAMOUS CRIMINAL PHRASES: LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE

Summary/Abstract: History of mankind has recorded numerous proverbial phrases of great cultural significance. There are,however, such phrases that have a different, social-political meaning. In previous studies, we havehighlighted the expressions égalité, fraternité and что делать? This study presents and analyzes thephrase limpieza de sangre. Present on the territory of the Iberian Peninsula starting with the 15th century,the purity of blood formula remains in force until 1870. In this case, we consider a form of racialdiscrimination, with systematic victims and persecutions, involving several actors: the State, the Church -through the Inquisition, the civilian population. Targeted are the ethnic groups and minorities brought tothe European peninsula by the hazard of history. Limpieza de sangre is the evil that, when projected ontothe Other, justifies crimes, banishment, forced conversions, social and professional discrimination.

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