Pro-Moorish literature united a cross-class opposition coalition against the repression of Moriscos.

Evidence

Maurophilia is the voice of a coalition of forces and groupings engaged in a struggle against the policy of duress and violence. This coalition was made up of the nobility, the Moriscos, the bourgeoisie, the [Jewish] conversos, the “political” intellectuals, clerics of an irenic persuasion, “liberals” as we would say nowadays. It is a whole opposition contingent that we would hardly expect to come across if we were to judge solely from the bibliography available to us. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 950 (#expands, via linked claim)

Certainly the nobility and the bourgeoisie provided some of the principal advocates and implementers of the policy of repression. It is important to note that in the literature of the sixteenth century there were these manifestations of respect and admiration for the people who were at that 29. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 952 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moorish-themed literature voiced a broad opposition coalition against repression — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 950; Nobility and bourgeoisie backed both repression and literary admiration of Moriscos — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 952

Broader Connections

• Moorish-themed literature voiced a broad opposition coalition against repression #expands (0.93) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 950
• Nobility and bourgeoisie backed both repression and literary admiration of Moriscos #complicates (0.85) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 952