Christian nobles’ customary protection of Morisco vassals broke down after 1570

Evidence

One of the many interesting aspects of the affair of Lupercio Latr´as that we need to examine now is that it shows us that at this stage, in the period after 1570, the old ways (the offering of protection by the Christian nobility—both secular and ecclesiastic—to Morisco tenantry) were beginning to break down. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1176