Internal feuding, not Spanish arms, decided the Morisco revolt’s course

Evidence

It is remarkable that the most significant developments in this middle phase of the war in Granada came not because of the success of Spanish initiatives, but from dissensions within the Morisco camp. They were themselves deeply divided. They had rarely, even at the height of the campaigning in the fifteenth century, been able to overcome that tendency to divide into factions, and they would often prefer the settling of scores to the prosecution of overall objectives. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1031 (#expands, via linked claim)

When open revolt really started at Christmastime, it was something of a damp or rather snow-sodden squib. The whole opening of the campaign was ineptly mishandled by the Morisco leadership in Granada. Allegedly eight thousand Moriscos from the surrounding districts were ready at Christmas 1568 to enter the city (making use of the bridgehead provided by the Albaic´ın) and to sack the Christian quarters (by then already the major part of the central built-up area). At the last moment, Morisco leaders canceled the attack (the weather was indeed very bad, and there had been heavy snowfalls in the mountains). — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1008 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Bad weather and indecision scuttled the initial Morisco revolt in Granada — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1008; Internal factionalism, not Spanish strength, shaped the Granada war’s middle phase — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1031; Divided Morisco leadership openly accused each other of selling the rebellion out — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1564 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Internal factionalism, not Spanish strength, shaped the Granada war’s middle phase #expands (0.95) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1031
• Bad weather and indecision scuttled the initial Morisco revolt in Granada #complicates (0.80) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1008