Peacetime freed Spanish resources for the internal project of ethnic expulsion

Evidence

Perhaps even more important is the fact that the accession of this Scottish king to the English throne and his decision in 1604 by the Treaty of London to put an end to the long period of hostilities between England and Spain had disastrous implications for the Moriscos. In the absence of externally generated dangers, Spain could now safely switch resources from its overseas commitments to deal with its internal problems. Very soon another peace, or rather truce, sealed the Moriscos’ fate. In 1609 was signed the Twelve-Years Truce between Spain and the Netherlands. The decks had now been cleared. A solution, a Final Solution, was now possible in Spain. No state in Western Europe was at this juncture willing to befriend Spain’s internal enemies. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1621 (#expands, via linked claim)

Castile had just suddenly found itself at the hub of a world empire, and although that certainly did bring in vast new sources of income, at the same time vast amounts of money were soaked up in the administration and defense of the empire, and serious inflation was created. The surplus income available for new purposes such as evangelization was in short supply throughout the century. More important, the Spanish church suddenly had to send priests and religious to hundreds of new posts in many parts of the globe, and in particular, missionaries were needed for preaching in the Indies. Whatever the financial means available, trained manpower could not be improvised overnight. The church was under strain and could not provide enough missionaries. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 367 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Peace treaties freed Spain to expel its internal enemies — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1621; Empire building drained the resources needed for conversion of Spanish Muslims — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 367; The Morisco expulsion was tied to Spain’s foreign policy needs — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1369 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Peace treaties freed Spain to expel its internal enemies #expands (0.92) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1621
• Empire building drained the resources needed for conversion of Spanish Muslims #complicates (0.75) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 367