Blanca 1500-1600
In order to improve the performance of their lands in
the early years of this domain the Order convinced the Mohammedans of Blanca to
convert to Christianity before the new law in 1501. They were now called new
Christians. The Mohammedans converted after the new law of 1501 were called
Moors. In 1507 the Catholic Monarchs gave instructions to build churches in
place of the old mosques (4).
With this conversion to Christianity the Muslim population hoped to get rid of the fiscal pressures to which
they were subject all the time. However, their frustration was great seeing
that this was not the case, and this provoked a violent uprising of the Moorish
population throughout the Valley in 1517. This rebellion was suppressed and
repressed a year later.
In 1501 the Muslims of Blanca converted to Catholicism and thus were called new Christians. In 1507 an official priest was appointed for the new Christians to teach them the Catholic faith. That was not done in the right way, because we see in 1562 that at least 20 new Christians were in the prison of Blanca. Two of them were burned alive due to processes of inquisition. Most of the other 18 new Christians completely lost their belongings as payment for various inquisitive processes. Around 1565 the church appointed a Catholic priest from Abaran to avoid repetition of the situation. This priest came from a Muslim family and spoke Arabic. In 1567 Philip the Second promulgated a new law. From that time the inhabitants of Blanca could not speak Arabic anymore. It was forbidden to dress differently, and they also had to renounce Islamic traditions at weddings. This soon led to war between the Moriscoes from the kingdom of Granada and Philip the Second, and so at least 60,000 Moriscoes were killed. The subsequent peace was shortlived, because on April 9 1609 (on the same day, an important one given the requisite troops, the Twelve Year Truce with the Netherlands was signed on the initiative of the Royal Council) it was also decided that all Moriscoes had to abandon the country. The mass deportation of the baptized Muslims covered 3 percent of the total Spanish population, from 250,000 to 300,000 people of a total of 8 to 9 million people.
In 1501 the Muslims of Blanca converted to Catholicism and thus were called new Christians. In 1507 an official priest was appointed for the new Christians to teach them the Catholic faith. That was not done in the right way, because we see in 1562 that at least 20 new Christians were in the prison of Blanca. Two of them were burned alive due to processes of inquisition. Most of the other 18 new Christians completely lost their belongings as payment for various inquisitive processes. Around 1565 the church appointed a Catholic priest from Abaran to avoid repetition of the situation. This priest came from a Muslim family and spoke Arabic. In 1567 Philip the Second promulgated a new law. From that time the inhabitants of Blanca could not speak Arabic anymore. It was forbidden to dress differently, and they also had to renounce Islamic traditions at weddings. This soon led to war between the Moriscoes from the kingdom of Granada and Philip the Second, and so at least 60,000 Moriscoes were killed. The subsequent peace was shortlived, because on April 9 1609 (on the same day, an important one given the requisite troops, the Twelve Year Truce with the Netherlands was signed on the initiative of the Royal Council) it was also decided that all Moriscoes had to abandon the country. The mass deportation of the baptized Muslims covered 3 percent of the total Spanish population, from 250,000 to 300,000 people of a total of 8 to 9 million people.
Throughout
the sixteenth century Blanca experienced a significant increase in population
of the village. Philip II, always lacking money due to his wars, arranged a new
strategy for obtaining money: creating municipalities. Consequently on 10
August 1591 Blanca got from Philip II the status of a municipality at the cost
of 2,400 ducats.
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