Cultural influence flowed both ways between Moriscos and Christian Spaniards

Evidence

The fact that there was no watertight bulkhead separating Moriscos from Christian Spaniards culturally and that influences seeped in both directions, is a necessary corrective to the overly simplistic view of a purely Christian majority facing purely Jewish and purely Morisco alien minorities. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 965

Categorization

• DEFINE: Uses the ‘watertight bulkhead’ metaphor to define the standard misconception being corrected — that Reformation-era Spain was culturally segmented this way.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 965