Royal reliance on morisco healers coexisted with Inquisition prosecution

Evidence

This was the case even for a famous morisco healer such as Jerónimo Pachet, who was summoned by no less than King Philip II of Spain to help cure the illnesses of his sons when they were desperately ailing, but who was also prosecuted by the Inquisition twice (in 1567 and 1580). It is interesting to note that Christian authors could simultaneously express admiration for and suspicion of morisco medical knowledge. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 408

Categorization

• CANDY: A great conversational fact: Philip II summoned a morisco healer for his own sons while the same man was prosecuted twice by the Inquisition.
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