Abstract
This project explores the Spanish Inquisition's legal apparatus as a mechanism of systematic persecution against the Morisco population from the late 15th through early 17th centuries. By reviewing Inquisitorial tribunal records, royal pragmaticas and edicts, Morisco biographies, as well as various secondary sources, this study highlights how both ecclesiastical and secular authorities built a legal framework that criminalized Islam and Morisco culture. The project primarily investigates three elements: the implementation of legal mechanisms designed to enforce religious conformity to Christianity, Morisco resistance and adaptations attempts, and consequences of the 1609-1614 expulsion particularly focusing on Morisco migration patterns and their subsequent cultural contributions to colonial societies in the Americas.