Quaderni storici, N.S., Vol. 48, No. 144 (3), Diaspora morisca, pp. 779-812, 2013
For a Republic of Venice whose ruling class was beginning to reflect with anguish on its own fear... more For a Republic of Venice whose ruling class was beginning to reflect with anguish on its own feared decline, the political climate of the early 17th century was animated by tension on a number of fronts – the rift with the Holy See, leading to Pope Paul V's interdict against the Serenissima, ostensible peace with the Sultan, but continuous discord on various matters with the Ottoman Empire still in expansion, Spanish pitfalls to Venetian independence. Caught in the midst of these events, the moriscos driven out by Philip III in 1609 were considered with a certain suspicion by the Venetian authorities as, on hand, dubious Spanish natives, on the other, possible sympathisers of the great Islamic power looming on the Serenissima's maritime frontiers. In a similar context, far from being preponderant, the religious aspect became a political-diplomatic question involving the governments of the powers concerned at the highest level. Through an analysis of Venetian documentary sources, this contribution aims to recount this complex affair set in the context of the international strategies of its time.
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