Moriscos
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Moriscos were former Muslims in Spain who had been forcibly converted to Christianity and later faced widespread suspicion, discrimination, and eventual expulsion in the early 17th century.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moriscos canonical | 5 |
| Mudéjares | 2 |
| Andalusian Moriscos | 1 |
| Arabic-speaking Moriscos | 1 |
| Morisco culture | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethno-religious group
ⓘ
religious minority ⓘ |
| causeOfExpulsion |
fear of Ottoman and Muslim alliances
ⓘ
internal security concerns ⓘ religious uniformity policies ⓘ |
| conversionType | forced conversion ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalAssimilationPolicy |
bans on traditional dress
ⓘ
forced dispersal and resettlement ⓘ prohibition of Arabic language ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
secret Islamic rituals (crypto-Islam)
ⓘ
use of Arabic in private ⓘ |
| discriminationType |
ethnic discrimination
ⓘ
religious discrimination ⓘ social segregation ⓘ |
| economicRole |
agricultural laborers
ⓘ
artisans ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| endTime | early 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Moriscos
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mudéjares
Muslim population of al-Andalus ⓘ |
| expelledBy | Philip III of Spain ⓘ |
| expelledDestination |
France
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman territories
|
| expelledFrom |
Crown of Aragon
ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| expulsion | Expulsion of the Moriscos ⓘ |
| expulsionEnd | 1614 ⓘ |
| expulsionStart | 1609 ⓘ |
| language |
Aljamiado
ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | baptized Christians under Spanish law ⓘ |
| mainChristianDenomination | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| mainRegion |
Kingdom of Aragon
ⓘ
Castile ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of Granada ⓘ Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Morisco Revolt in Granada
ⓘ
surface form:
Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571)
|
| populationStatus | suspected of crypto-Islam ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Moriscos
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mudéjares
Islamic Spain ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| religionAfterConversion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religionOriginal | Islam ⓘ |
| startTime | late 15th century ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Moriscos Description of subject: Moriscos were former Muslims in Spain who had been forcibly converted to Christianity and later faced widespread suspicion, discrimination, and eventual expulsion in the early 17th century.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mudéjares
this entity surface form:
Arabic-speaking Moriscos
this entity surface form:
Andalusian Moriscos
this entity surface form:
Morisco culture