M
Macho y Ortega, Francisco, 5
alliances, 68 ;
commerce with, 28 ;
corsairs of, 75 , 77 -79, 88 ;
education of jurists in, 266 ;
Fernando II and, 75 , 76 , 84 ;
military weakness of, 75 , 76 , 81 ;
Mudejar emigration to, 30 , 31 ;
trade with Valencia, 76
Málaga, 55
Males, poll tax, 146
Malferit, Francesch de, 204
Mallorca, Inquisitors on, 59
Mamluk Egypt, 66 , 75 , 97 -98
Manises, 29
Manufacturers:
of brass buckles, 131 ;
Christian, 131 ;
Mudejar, 114 , 131 , 132 , 132 -134
Moriscos:
defined, 7 ;
versus Mudejars, 7 -8
Marital taboos, 100
Maritime commerce, 141
Marketplace, 135 -140;
coexistence in, 225 ;
congregation in, 257 ;
Muslim-Christian interaction in, 271 ;
rental fees, 157 ;
of Valencia, 136 -137
Marriage, 217 ;
agnatic solidarity and, 257 ;
Arabo-Berber, 234 ;
endogamous, 234 , 236 -237, 248 , 254 ;
exogamous, 237 , 248 -249, 256 , 257 ;
unhappy, 249
Mehmet the Conqueror, 64
Medicants, 113 ;
itinerant, 256 ;
licenses, 11 , 15 , 127 , 224 , 256
Mercader, Berenguer, 59
Mercader, Honorat, 15
Mercantile families, 141
Mers-el-Kebir, 74
Metalworking industries, 134
Military service, 19
Mills, royal, 157 ;
rental fees, 179
Mislata, 17 -18
Monforte (Valencia) aljama, 14 , 31 -32, 107
Monopolies, royal, 151 -157, 159 -168;
fonduks as, 154 -155;
mills as, 157 ;
ovens as, 157 ;
on salt production/sale, 166
"Moorish process," 200
Morabatí , 163
Morerías, defined, 15
acculturation of, 7 -8;
Carlos I and, 228 ;
contact with Muslims, 55 -56;
defined, 7 ;
economic conditions, 112 -113;
insincere conversion of, 228 ;
as marginal society, 8 ;
Old Christians and, 8 ;
prevention of contamination of, 56 ;
on seigneurial lands, 180
Moya, Marquesa de, 53
Mozarabic Christians:
Almohad persecution of, 2 ;
expulsion of, 3
Mudejarism:
benefits of, 30 ;
defined, 13 ;
Fernando II and, 58 ;
Inquisition in relation to, 60 ;
survival of, in Valencia, 97 -98;
treaty guarantees and, 13 -14
Mudejar policy, 10 ;
versus Jewish policy, 12 .
See also Mudejarism
Mudejars:
abuse of, 36 ;
bilingualism, 228 -230;
change of vassalage by, 18 -25;
in Christian courts, 202 -216;
of coastal towns, 79 ;
communities (See Aljamas);
conversion of, 51 -60;
defined, 4 ;
dress code, 70 ;
economic life, 112 -142;
economy of kingdom and, 143 -146;
emigration to Maghrib, 80 ;
Fernando II and, 10 -60, 61 -62;
as followers of distinct laws, 185 ;
group consciousness, 225 , 227 , 255 -261, 273 ;
Maghriban relatives of, 78 ;
versus Moriscos, 7 -8;
precarious position of, 34 ;
relations with Christians, 81 ;
in royal aljamas, 14 -18;
royal policy toward, 5 ;
royal protection of, 92 ;
on seigneurial lands, 14 , 16 -17, 19 ;
social allegiance, 111 ;
as spies for Granadan raiders, 70 ;
as vassals (See Vassals, Mudejar; Royal vassals; Seigneurial vassals)
Mudejars of Aragon:
Carlos I and, 7 ;
economic role of, 14 ;
Fernando II and, 6 -7;
sanctioning presence of, 6 , 11
Mudejars of Castile. See Castile
Mudejars of Granada. See Granadan Muslims
Mudejars of Teruel, conversion of, 53 -54
Mudejars of Valencia, 4 , 81 -84;
absence of large group of converts among, 56 ;
civil cases, 186 -188;
coexistence with Christians, 225 -226;
contacts with Maghriban corsairs, 95 -96;
crisis years (1500-1503), 90 -98;
dress code, 47 -48;
economic importance of, 14 , 30 , 142 , 143 -146;
economic life, 100 ;
fall of Granada and, 82 ;
fear of conversion or emigration, 91 -92, 93 , 94 -95, 134 -135;
fear of Inquisitors, 59 , 93 -97;
Fernando's exaction of loans from, 18 ;
final conversion of (1525), 63 ;
Granadan, 84 ;
importance of religious freedom to, 96 -97;
increasing tolerance of conditions, 81 ;
loyalties and interests of, 81 , 82 -84;
Maghriban, 78 ;
merchants and, 136 ;
Nasrid sultan and, 72 ;
Ottoman Turks and, 82 ;
population proportion, 7 , 14 , 63 , 81 ;
privileges and immunities of, 17 ;
prosperity of, 28 ;
rebellions of, 81 -82;
restrictions on movement, 95 ;
royal authority over, 13 -18;
sense of impotence, 96 ;
surrender treaties and, 33 -34;
tendency toward exclusiveness, 99 ;
tendency toward integration, 99 ;
treaty guarantees and, 13 .
See also Valencia headings
Muftís , 201
Murviedro (Valencia) aljama, 14 , 22 , 34 ,-35, 77 , 91 ;
Muslim population, 31 -32;
sales tax on meat, 153 ;
Musicians, 134
Muslims. See Mudejars