Matthew Carr's narrative history of the Reconquista's aftermath in Spain: the Christian reconquest of al Andalus completed at Granada in 1492, the forced conversion of Spain's remaining Muslims into the Moriscos, and their eventual expulsion between 1609 and 1614. Carr draws on Spanish archival and chronicle material; the book is written for a general readership rather than as a peer-reviewed monograph, but it is widely cited in the scholarly literature on Morisco history. Use it for the dated sequence of the Reconquista's completion and the Morisco expulsion; a claim about a specific Morisco community's internal religious practice needs a source closer to that record.
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Reliability Tier1
A general-readership narrative history grounded in primary Spanish archival and chronicle material, widely cited in the specialist literature on Morisco history; tier 1. NotesUsed for two hops: the Reconquista's suppression of Islam in Spain, 1085 to 1492, and the Morisco expulsion that ended it as a living population, 1492 to 1614.
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AuthorMatthew Carr
PublisherThe New Press
Publication Year2009
Source TypeBook (popular history)
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This source names Moriscos directly: "of Spain's remaining Muslims into the Moriscos, and their eventual expulsion between 1609 and 1614."
Source Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614Matthew Carr
This source names Spain directly: "of the Reconquista's aftermath in Spain: the Christian reconquest of al Andalus completed at Granada in 1492, the forced conversion of Spain's remaining Muslims into the Moriscos, and their eventual..."
Source Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614Matthew Carr
Claims Backed By This Source (51 claims)
This source backs 51 claims across the atlas. As facts: 30 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 12 holds, 2 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Spread Events, 17 claims: 8 well-attested, 7 holds, 2 general references.
- Articles, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Religious Events, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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