THE MYTH OF THE MARRANO NAMES
by professor Anita Novinsky,
University of São Paulo

http://historia.fflch.usp.br/sites/historia.fflch.usp.br/files/THE%20MYTH%20OF%20THE%20MARRANO%20NAMES.pdf

"The romantic historiography about the Marranos and Marranism created
a series of myths in relation to the names adopted by the Jews during and
after their forced conversion in 1497 in Portugal......."

Text published in " Revue des Études Juives"
Juillet-décembre 2006