A valuable analysis,
James Tueller’s book challenges Pascual Boronat’s interpretations of the
Moriscos expulsion from Spain. His work explores the Catholic hierarchy of early modern
Spain and its attempted conversion of the Morisco population to Catholicism, considering
the previously dismissed contradictions to the positions of Figuero and Sobrino.
A balanced history, Good and Faithful
Christians: Moriscos and Catholicism in Early Modern Spain offers a wider perspective
of the cross-cultural change, conversion, and adaptation.
“Good and Faithful Christians: Moriscos and
Catholicism in Early Modern Spain by Historian James B. Tueller is a major
contribution to the history of comparative religions in XVI and XVII Century
Spain. This pioneering historical essay analyzes with an accute precision the
power and place of religious beliefs, practices, and behaviors within Early
Modern Spanish society and the human drama suffered by Moriscos.”
Alain Saint-Saëns
“This is a very worthy
and original book that will make a significant contribution to studies of Spain in the
early modern period…James Tueller has intelligently and bravely approached the
historical record with a difficult question that most scholars do not ask:
what happened to Moriscos who truly converted to
Christianity during the period of the expulsion of Moriscos from the Spanish
kingdoms?”
Mary
Elizabeth Perry
“El libro de Tueller es un importante y
original contribución a nuestro conocimiento de la situación de los Moriscos en la
España de los siglos XVI y XVII. Su
contribución es especialmente importante en el tema de los debates sobre la llamada
‘cuestión morisca’ antes de la expulsión y, sobre todo, en lo relativo a la
expulsión de la peninsula Ibérica a comienzos del siglo XVII, tanto en sus aspectos
técnicos como ideológicos.”
