Early population records in Spain / P. Granville Edge.

  • Edge, P. Granville (Percy Granville), 1881-
Date:
1932
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    with such persistence and severity that, by the middle of the 16th- century it was believed the desired object of ensuring that no Moham¬ medan remained within the bounciaries of the peninsula had been attained (i). Yet there continued the suspicion that the conversions of the Moriscoes or “ New Christians as they were termed (2) were not altogether genuine and sincere, and further measures were introduced designed to completely obliterate any remaining tendencies which this unfortunate people might have endeavoured to retain of native habits of life or religion ; under the terms of the Edict of Phi¬ lip II issued in 1566, Moriscoes were prohibited under severe pen¬ alties, from the use of language, books, ceremonies, clothing, or other signs of the customs or culture of their fathers. The studied severity of these and similar injunctions had the effect of goading the unhappy people into open rebellion in 1568, but, though disturbed conditions persisted for some 3 years, the might and power of vSpain triumphed, the Moors were subdued, and little or nothing further is heard of them during the remaining years that Philip II occupied the throne (3). On the accession of Philip III (1598-1621) further crusades against the Moors were directed by the ecclesiastical authorities who tier on la ciudad y hautisaroi] mas de setenta mil personas grandes e chic as en Granada y sn comarca BkrnaIvDEZ. Hist, de los Reyes Catolicos concluding paragraph of Chap. 159. (1) “ Iv’annee 1526 vit done, disparaitre dans toutes les parties de I’Espa- gne les signes exterieurs de Tlslamisme Histoire des Arabes d’Espagne. M. DE CiRCOURT, vol. 2, Paris, 1846. (2) “ Prom this time (i. e. following the compulsory conversion of the Moors) the name of Moors, which had gradually superseded the primitive one of Spanish Arabs, gave way to the title of MoHscos, by which this unfortunate people continued to be known through the remainder of their protracted exist¬ ence in the Peninsula Ferdinand and Isabella, PRESCOTT, vol. II, p. 138. They were also contemptuously termed Tornazidos, i. e. turncoats or deserters. For further information see Condicion de los Moriscos en Espana, Janer. Madrid, 1857. A contemporary writer says there were in Granada, at the end of the 14th century “ sixty thousand households ” e. g. “ Afirman que habia en tiempo del rey Bulhagiz en Granada, sesenta mil casas Los famosos Anales de la Corona de Aragon. Geronimo ZuriTA. Book 20, Chap. 42, Edition Madrid, 1853. (3) During this period, numerous Moorish families and persons, either fled the country or were expelled therefrom. GonzaeEZ remarks that by 1579 the revenue of Granada had diminished by over 17 millions of maravedis. according to his calculations upwards of 150,000 Moors must have left that kingdomduring the period of insurrection. 16 f
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