See also:

• MORISCOS (i.e. little Moors)

MORISCOS (i.e. little See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors)  , the name given to the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish Mahommedans who accepted See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism and their descendants . Many, if not most, of them were in reality of the same See also:

• RACE

race as the Christians, and were descended from converts to See also:

• ISLAM

Islam . Those Mahommedans who retained their See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion under See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian rulers were known as Mudejars, a word of Arabic origin which has been interpreted as meaning " those who remained " or " were See also:

• LEFT

left." Until the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century they were numerous, and enjoyed See also:

• FREE

free exercise of their religion, which was secured to them by See also:

• CAPITULATIONS (from Lat. ca put, or its Low-Latin diminutive capitulum, as indicating the form in which these acts were set down in chapters "; the Gr. equivalent cephaleosis, KediaXalwocc, is occasionally used in works of the 17th century)

capitulations and See also:

• TREATIES

treaties . Their number had been considerably diminished by the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada in 1492 . By the terms of the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city freedom of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship was secured to the Mahommedans . But the policy of the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic sovereigns, who desired to establish unity of faith among their subjects, and the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, soon led to violations of the treaty . The first Christian See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of Granada, Talavera, made some progress in converting the See also:

• PEOPLE

people peacefully . But at the end of 1499 See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Jimenez insisted on adopting coercive See also:

• MEASURES

measures . A See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion ensued, and the Mahommedans were suppressed . Want of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, or other obstacles, delayed the final extinction of tolerated Mahommedanism in all parts of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but by 1525 it was every-where suppressed . The last remains of it were crushed in See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

Valencia, where the Mahommedans were furiously attacked by the Christian peasantry during the See also:

• GREAT

great agrarian revolt known as the Germania, 1520-1521 . As they were dependent on the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the landlords, the Mahommedans were docile tenants, and their competition weighed heavily on the Christians .

The same quality of See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry remained to the See also:

• MORISCOS (i.e. little Moors)

Moriscos, and excited the envy of their Christian See also:

• FELLOW

fellow countrymen . The feelings with which they were regarded are admirably shown by Cervantes (who shared them to the full) in his " Conversation of the Two See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

Dogs." In 1568 the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. issued an See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict, which ordered them to renounce all their Moorish ways of See also:

• LIFE

life and to give up their See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children to be educated by Christian priests . The result was a rebellion in Granada, which was put down with great difficulty . The Moriscos were expelled from Granada and scattered over other parts of Spain . Many fled to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, where the more spirited among them took to piracy at See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers and other ports . They still maintained relations with their kinsfolk in Spain, and the whole See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast suffered from their incursions . The Moriscos entered into relations with other enemies of Spain, and notably, with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV. included a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for supporting a Morisco rebellion in the great See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the destruction of the Spanish See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy, which he was about to put into See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution when he was murdered on the 14th of May 1610 . These intrigues were known to the Spanish government and inspired it with terror . The See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the whole See also:

• BODY

body of Moriscos was decided on in ,6o8, and the edict was published on the 22nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1609 . The expulsion was carried out with great See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty . The number driven out has been variously estimated at 120,000 or at 3,000,000 .

In some known cases the expelled Moriscos suffered martyrdom in Africa as Christians . A few were left in Spain as domestic slaves, and some contrived to return in See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret . Cases of crypto-Mahommedanism continued to come before the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition till the 18th century . See The Moriscos of Spain: their See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

Conversion and Expulsion, by H . C . See also:

• LEA, HENRY CHARLES (1825–1909)

Lea (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1901) .