Group legal confidence persisted among Avila Moriscos beyond the courtsā rejection of their claims
Evidence
The fact that the individual petitions for exemption were rejected by the courts surprisingly did not lead the Moriscos to desist. These were men who had grown up in Ā“Avila, conļ¬dent of their position in Castilian society and of the rule of law. They must have thought that it existed for them as well as for the Old Christians. They do not seem to have grasped the fact that times had changed. ā L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1125
Categorization
- CANDY: The irony of a legally sophisticated community failing to notice the rules had changed is a good elevator-story hook.