Successive conversion drives made Moriscos more stubborn, not less

Evidence

His Majesty’s view is that there is now no time to be lost in seeking a remedy to these enormous evils. He is resolved to finish off these evil people by whatever means seem best and most speedy, and he will not shrink from putting them to death [“sin reparar en degollarlos,” literally “slitting their throats”]. For, as those who have been engaged in the conversion have discovered, it is not just that nothing has been achieved, but that every time some effort has been made, their stubbornness and ill will has only increased, without a single one of them ever being converted, in spite of all the hopes. The patriarch archbishop of Valencia is quite in despair, [as are] all the others who over the years have striven so hard. The process has been so long drawn out that it is now quite out of the question to leave the security of the realm dependent upon it, for on the security of this realm depends [that of] the rest of Christendom. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1417 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Repeated conversion efforts backfired and hardened Morisco resistance — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1417; Forced conversions made Moriscos perpetual targets of treason suspicion — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1540; Relocation could strengthen rather than weaken Morisco collective identity — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1114 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Repeated conversion efforts backfired and hardened Morisco resistance #corroborates (0.98) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1417