Aragon’s free Muslim community enjoyed protected Mudejar rights for another quarter century

Evidence

The wild rejoicing at the birth of such a promising heir, Miguel and the grief for the death of first mother and then child were thus acted out against the backdrop of the Aragonese city of Saragossa, where, protected by the Crown for another quarter century from all persecution, there lived a sizeable and prosperous community of free Muslims who continued to enjoy all the Mudejar rights guaranteed to them explicitly by the coronation oaths sworn by all the kings of Aragon! — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 133 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

But Ferdinand at Monz´on continued the well-established Mudejar policy he had inherited; he did what his Cortes asked him to do and swore not to force through conversion of his Muslim subjects. The reason why the estates, summoned to legislate and settle grievances, wished the guarantees of religious freedom for their Muslim fellow Aragonese to be preserved was no doubt that nobles and others among them saw interference with the religious status quo as a threat to their material interests. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 459 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Aragon’s coronation oaths guaranteed Muslims protected Mudejar rights until the mid-1500s — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 133; Royal protection of subject Muslims was a pillar of Aragonese social stability — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 430; Aragonese nobles protected Muslim religious freedom out of material self-interest — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 459 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Aragon’s coronation oaths guaranteed Muslims protected Mudejar rights until the mid-1500s #corroborates (0.95) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 133
• Aragonese nobles protected Muslim religious freedom out of material self-interest #complicates (0.75) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 459