Conversos (Spanish and Portuguese for "a convert", from Latin conversus, "converted, turned around") and its feminine form conversa referred to Jews or Muslims or the descendants of Jews or Muslims who converted to Catholicism in Spain and Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. Mass conversions took place under great governmental pressure. See the main articles: Morisco for New Christians of Moorish origin. The term morisco may also refer to Crypto-Muslims, for example those… (More on Converso)