The 1580 Turco-Spanish truce stranded the Moriscos who had relied on the Turks

Evidence

How much the Moriscos knew of the way that they had been abandoned by the Muslim power on which they had built such hopes is not clear. Philip’s negotiations were largely secret. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1582 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

More generally, the view of moriscos if seen as inferior sat uneasily with attitudes toward the powerful Muslim kingdoms in North Africa and the Near East. The association of moriscos with the Ottomans cast them as agents of a powerful empire and therefore worthy of a grudging form of respect. … Moriscos therefore sat in a liminal space between inferiority and superiority. While some of the ingredients of modern racism existed at this point, the religious idiom and the lack of outright inferiority leads me to call this protoracism. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 122 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ottoman strategic priorities in Cyprus sealed the Moriscos’ fate.; The Ottomans’ 1580 truce with Spain abandoned the Moriscos — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1582; Moriscos rationally turned to Christian powers because the Turks were too distant — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1589 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The Ottomans’ 1580 truce with Spain abandoned the Moriscos #corroborates (0.97) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1582
• Perceived association with Ottoman power tempered European contempt for moriscos #complicates (0.71) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 122