Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1700s.

ArchivalResource

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1700s.

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1700s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317291710

Copies of correspondence between King Charles I of Spain (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V), and later his heir Philip II, and various court secretaries and church officials regarding the moriscos of Valencia. The first letter is a report sent to Charles I in 1542 from Jerónimo Zurita advocating a less lenient policy toward the "newly converted Christians" of Valencia, who had previously been Muslims. His argument is that the mercies shown them by the King have only emboldened them to more openly adhere to the "sect of Mahoma." He also argues that the more tolerant policies of Valencia will attract moriscos from Castille and Granada, and Valencia will be overrun with moriscos. There is also a letter, probably from the same year, from Charles I to an unnamed official appointing him, along with Antonio Ramírez de Haro, Bishop of Calahorra, to investigate the morisco situation in Valencia. This is followed by a short letter to Charles I from Juan Pardo Tavera, Archbishop of Toledo. The remaining letters are mainly dispatches between Philip II and his secretary Gonzalo Pérez arranging a committee to discuss the situation of the moriscos in Valencia, including the names of the officials who are to comprise the committee. The manuscript was probably written in Spain in the mid-to late 18th century. It is written in a cursive script in 2 columns of 21-25 lines. There is a watermark similar to Valls i Subirá, Guarro, 501.

1 item (6 leaves) : paper.

University of Pennsylvania Library