«Que aunque quieren ser buenos cristianos no los dejan»: The Clergy and the Moriscos in the Kingdom of Granada (1501-1526)

Abstract

This article analyses the clergy’s behaviour in the kingdom of Granada and their relationships with moriscos. Following the forced conversion of the mudejares, the Crown tried to develope a religious policy which did not achieve the intended goals. Therefore, the monarchy enacted a series of edicts between 1511 and 1514 to deal with the conduct of the clergy and the assimilation of moriscos. The aim of this work is to determine, through unpublished sources held at the General Archive of Simancas, if these orders improved clergy’s situation in terms of residence, simony, and attitudes towards New Christians.