Las milicias andaluzas en la sublevación mudéjar de 1500 y 1501

Abstract

Tax pressure, failure to keep agreements between the Crown and the Mudejar population, in addition to forced conversions, were some of the motives that led this Muslim group into revolt in various localities within the former Kingdom of Granada, between the end of 1499 and the first months of 1501. Through the study of municipal and national sources, this work analyses the role of the armed militia from various cities and towns in Andalusia in suffocating the uprising. It also studies the systems of recruitment used, the places where the militia acted, the cost of maintenance, and the ever-increasing problems that arose from the failure of certain members of society to fulfill their military commitments.

Keywords

• Town and city militias
• Medieval war
• Mudejar population in Castile