Ah, but it's not "trivia", it's a thesis ;-)  I work on "marginal" women in late mediaeval Spain and it just really bothers me when something historical is used to evoke a certain emotional response, when it's based on inaccuracies.  I think there are enough horrific things that have happened without us trying to make bad situations worse or perpetuating Tudor propaganda.

 Seriously, I've never heard the public pork thing.  Of course, cooking your lentils without pork was a dead giveaway, and it's only since I've moved to Spain that I've realised how incredibly hard it must have been to be a secretly-practicing Jew here...in the land where pork is essentially a fruit.

Hmm, that sounds like urban legend to me.  Hams have to hung because that's how they dry, of course!  And psst, I think you mean "really Christian" ::grin::