Blood purity laws elevated poor Christians while excluding converts from power.
Evidence
Under the conditions of Christian reconquest of Iberia, purity of blood was simultaneously a natural and cultural notion, used for a clear political project: first, to elevate the population of poor Old Christians; second, to deny converted Jews and Muslims access to public and ecclesiastical office; and third, to exclude them from economic, social, and political resources. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 119
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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