Forbidden Passages - Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America (ePUB)

Forbidden Passages: Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America (ePUB)
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Karoline P. Cook | 2016 | ISBN: 0812248244 | English | 273 pages | ePUB | 3 MB

Series: The Early Modern Americas

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Spanish authorities restricted emigration to the Americas to those who could prove they had been Catholic for at least three generations. In doing so, they hoped to instill religious orthodoxy in the colonies and believed Muslim converts, or Moriscos, would hamper efforts to convert indigenous people to Catholicism. Nevertheless, Moriscos secretly made the treacherous journey across the ocean, settling in the forbidden territories and influencing the nature of Spanish colonialism. Once landed, Morisco men and women struggled to define and practice their religion or pursue their trades, all while experiencing increasing anxiety about their place in the emerging Spanish empire. Many Moriscos were accused by authorities of descending from Muslims or practicing Islam in secret and turned to the courts to assert their legitimacy.