By 1500 Castile’s Mudejars were centuries-assimilated Castilian speakers, unlike Granada’s Muslims

Evidence

Conversion of the Mudejars of Long Standing in the Lands of Castile It is necessary to recall here the distinction between the Muslims of the Kingdom of Granada, still Arabic-speaking, only recently incorporated into the lands of the Crown of Castile, only marginally assimilated, and the Muslims of all the other areas under the Castilian monarchy, descendants of the many generations of Muslims who had lived under Castilian rule, for the most part native speakers of Castilian, usually highly assimilated. Some Muslim areas, notably Toledo, had come under the Christians as early as the late eleventh century, but it had been in the second half of the thirteenth that the greatest expansion of Castilian-dominated territory southward had taken place. … Castile’s Mudejars had, for perhaps three centuries (for longer in some cases) been unfailingly loyal subjects of their Christian monarchs. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 296 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Castile’s Mudejars were long-assimilated, native-speaking loyal subjects unlike Granada’s Muslims — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 296

Broader Connections

• Castile’s Mudejars were long-assimilated, native-speaking loyal subjects unlike Granada’s Muslims #corroborates (1.00) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 296