Aragon’s regional pride deterred even strong monarchs from intervening there

Evidence

To have sought to vary the status of Aragon’s Muslims circa 1500 would almost certainly have meant to stir up a hornets’ nest of local patriotisms, not just within the Muslim communities but far beyond them. Even Philip II, who had a much tighter grip on centralized state power, almost failed much later in the century to overcome Aragonese pride. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 421

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier theme of composite monarchy and the limits of central authority in early modern Spain.