Religion (Muslims) Flashcards
How many Moriscos were there in 1556?
400 000 - 6% of Spanish populace and over 50% of the population of Granada
Morisco to ‘Old Christian’ ratio in Granada?
150 000 Moriscos and 125 000 old Christians (6:5)
How many of the inquisition’s victims were Moriscos?
over 85%
What was a main threat posed by Moriscos?
Many had emigrated from barbary states and it was known that collaboration with barbary corsairs was on the rise in the 1560s (through smuggling weapons into Spain etc)
Why were Moriscos in Granada hated?
Many were wealthy and benefited from the lucrative silk trade.
1563 edict
targeted any Moriscos who could not prove their ownership of land, resulting in mass confiscations of land. Also targeted the silk industry, subjecting them to heavy taxation and banning exports. Cheap silk became favoured over the morisco’s expensive one.
When was the Ottoman siege of Malta?
1565 (although it was unsuccessful)
When were there corsair raids?
August 1565
1567 edict
forbid all morisco customs including all distinctive dress, ceremonies and surnames. They had 3 years to achieve fluency in Spanish, after which the Arabic language would be outlawed.
When was the harvest failure?
1567 to 1586
When did the Morisco revolt begin? How many members had it amassed after a month?
December 1568 - by January 1569 it had amassed around 4000 rebels.
How many had joined the revolt by 1570? Where was their stronghold?
30 000 with a stronghold in the Alpujarra Mountains
What happened in 1569?
Cordoba led a force of 800 against Inox, killing 400, reducing 2700 to slavery
Situation in 1570
By October 1570, the government had sufficient control to order the evacuation of all moriscos from Granada - 90 000 were redistributed across Castile but 30% of them perished en-route. This only aggravated the Morisco problem by spreading it throughout the peninsula.
1573
a scheme was launched to establish a network of parishes in areas of high morisco settlement
