Incoming outsiders pushing bureaucratic order worsened Muslim-Christian relations in Granada

Evidence

No doubt a Granadan Muslim might not have shared that view of a settler Golden Age of smooth and benevolent government, but it does appear to have been the case that relations not only among settlers but also between settlers and Muslims deteriorated as the easygoing ways of the early days were replaced at the prompting of newly arrived “outsiders,” anxious to make their mark and introduce some bureaucratic order. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 172

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: A pattern for fiction: an old frontier where experienced intermediaries kept two communities at peace, undone by ambitious newcomers importing standard procedure — the ‘locals knew how to deal with them’ tragedy.