Entre la resistencia a la política de asimilación y la fabulación: el “levantamiento” de los moriscos andaluces de 1580

Abstract

In 1580, Seville was the city with the largest population of Moriscos in Castile. There were more than 6000 cristianos nuevos de moro, most of whom had come from Granada. Before the war with Portugal and during a period of famine in Andalusia, tensions were running high and favoured rumours of a possible rising of the Moriscos. In June 1580, at the height of the tension, the authorities in Seville believed that the Moriscos were organising a rebellion, later to be known as the “Rising of the Moriscos in Andalusía”. This conspiracy was allegedly organised from Seville, with ramifications in the main Andalusian cities where there were important communities of Moriscos. Recent research into the prosecution of the leaders of the revolt permits us to evaluate more precisely the impact and consequences of this alleged rebellion, which would have been a desperate attempt on the part of the Moriscos to free themselves from the repressive and humiliating measures to which they were submitted.

Keywords

• Moriscos
• rebellion
• assimilation
• Seville
• 16th century