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Natividad Ferri Carreres, « L’identité d’une communauté chrétienne dans l’Espagne du XVIe siècle : le cas des morisques du royaume de Valence », Textes et contextes, ID : 10670/1.5n20eb
The formation of the Morisco identity was closely linked to the cultural and socio-economic heritage transmitted for centuries by their ‘Mudejar’ ancestors, a heritage characterized by the acquisition of a minority legal status. The Morisco community, especially in the Kingdom of Valencia, expressed its identity by both a hidden attachment to Islam and its cultural space, and a strong internal solidarity. The Moriscos of Valencia practiced an apparent Christian faith but were Muslims at heart. Strong demographic pressures, their solid political organization, and the complicity between their elites and the feudal landlords created favorable conditions for the survival of the Morisco identity so radically opposed to Christianity. The deliberate and cunning passive resistance planned by the ‘aljamas’, often acting with the agreement of the feudal landlords, contributed in a remarkable way to the strengthening of the identity of a community at risk of disappearance.