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Sign in to saveMoriscos (, ; ; "Moorish") were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Catholic Church and Habsburg Spain commanded to forcibly convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed Islam. Spain had a sizeable Muslim population, the mudéjars, in the early 16th century.
Moriscos were former Muslims and their descendants in Spain who were forced to convert to Christianity or be exiled after the Catholic Church and Habsburg Spain banned Islam in the early 16th century. They matter historically because they represent a significant religious and cultural transformation imposed on Spain's large Muslim population during this period.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- New Christian
- Country
- Spain
- Image
- L'expulsió dels moriscos (1894), Gabriel Puig Roda, Museu de Belles Arts de Castelló (detall).JPG
- Significant event
- Expulsion of the Moriscos
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- Commons category
- Moriscos
- topic's main category
- Category:Moriscos
- diaspora
- Moors
- native label
- moriscos
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- P8168
- Lalage
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