Meanings of moriscos in English

To the Moriscos the suffering was personal; to Spain it was national.

At that time we were quartered in Seville, to keep guard on the suspected Moriscos.

The weak point in the organization of the Moriscos lay in the character of their king.

That of the Moriscos was not so inhuman in its consequences, but it was serious enough.

Anales, año 1487.-Marmol ,Rebelionde Moriscos, lib.

The capture of this place, which soon followed, roused the enthusiasm of the Moriscos to the highest pitch.

The dispersal of the Moriscos of Granada, while cruel to them, proved of the greatest benefit to Spain.

In 1560 the Moriscos were forbidden to employ African slaves, for fear that they might make infidels of them.

The duke of Gandia in Spain owned estates peopled by 60,000 Moriscos and yielding a princely revenue.

Throughout the whole of Spain the poor Moriscos now began to be systematically pillaged and persecuted by whoever chose to do it.

The Moriscos, as they were called, struggled desperately from 1568 to 1570 to reëstablish the independence of Granada.

As a result many of the Moors emigrated to Africa; the rest became Moriscos-thatis to say, Christians in religion, although Moors in blood.

Here he entered the military service, and held a captain's commission in the war against the Moriscos, and, afterwards, under Don John of Austria.

[Footnote: Lea, The Moriscos of Spain, chaps.

90.-Marmol ,Rebelionde Moriscos, lib.

The rebellion of the Moriscos, due to the oppressive edicts of Philip II., as stated in the preceding tale, was marked by numerous interesting events.