Generations of forced conversion left Morisco Islam intact enough to resurface violently

Evidence

What was unleashed now was a wild upsurge of enthusiasm for all the external symbols of Islam that had been repressed in the generations after the forcible conversions of 1501. “The first thing they did was to proclaim the name and the religion of Muhammad, and they declared themselves to be Muslims4 who had nothing to do with the Catholic faith which their fathers and grandfathers had professed for so many years. It was something to be wondered at how well instructed they all were, old and young, in this accursed sect.” And not surprisingly, there was a chaotic and anarchic series of violent incidents in which the crypto- Muslim mountaineers paid back grudges against the scattered Christians who lived among them. Priests were particular targets. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1010