The Morisco Expulsion was a panic response, not confident imperial action

Evidence

We must inevitably tend to see the Expulsion as the measured action of a great world power contemptuously tidying away an unimportant minority. If the document is to be taken at something near its face value, however, we have to see the Expulsion as not at all such a manifestation of confident imperial might, rather as the worried reaction of an insecure ruler who felt himself unable to control a rapidly deteriorating crisis. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1411 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Spain’s Expulsion of the Moriscos was a panicked response to crisis, not imperial confidence — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1411; Fear of child removal and prophetic rumors drove Granada’s Moriscos to revolt — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1003; Fear of Islamic war, not its reality, drove the expulsion decision — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1425 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Spain’s Expulsion of the Moriscos was a panicked response to crisis, not imperial confidence #corroborates (1.00) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1411