{"id":6607,"date":"2021-08-20T00:03:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/festivals-of-moors-and-christians-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:28:24","slug":"festivals-of-moors-and-christians-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/themes\/festivals\/festivals-of-moors-and-christians-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Feasts of Moors and Christians in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Feasts of Moors and Christians in Spain <\/h1>\n<div class=\"testo\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/moors_and_christians__festivals_in_spain_map_550x393.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"393\" alt=\"Mori Cristiani Spagna\">In Spain, the feasts of Moors and Christians generally evoke the military Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula which was completed at the threshold of the Early Modern period. In some cases, however, as <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/festivals-of-moors-and-christians-in-southern-italy\/\" title=\"Festivals of Moors and Christians in Southern Italy\">in Italy<\/a>, Spanish communities also mix the memory of the liberation from the Arab &#8220;dominion&#8221; to the invasions of Barbary pirates dating from later periods. Andalusia, for example, preserves the memory of the rebellion of the <a href=\"#\" class=\"tooltip yellow-tooltip\"><em>Moriscos<\/em><span>The term <em>Moriscos<\/em> was used to designate the descendants of the Moors, after the Christian <em>Reconquista<\/em>, that had formally agreed to repent and abandon Islam. In reality, the <em>morisca<\/em> population continued to maintain their traditional ways and to practice the Muslim religion in secret. From 1609 until 1614, on the orders of Philip III all the <em>Moriscos<\/em>, approximately 300,000 people, were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula.<\/span><\/a> of <a href=\"\/en\/territories\/regional-routes\/arabic-history-and-baroque-taste\/granada-and-jaen\/granada\/\" title=\"Granada\">Granada<\/a> suppressed by <a href=\"\/en\/territories\/urban-routes\/alcala-de-henares\/the-ermita-del-cristo-de-los-doctrinos\/philip-ii-of-habsburg\/\" title=\"Philip II of Habsburg\">Philip II<\/a> in the sixteenth century. Spain, in addition to having more festivals than Italy, can also claim to have an <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/festivals-of-moors-and-christians-in-spain\/the-story-of-the-festival-of-moors-and-christians-in-spain\/\" title=\"The story of the festival of Moors and Christians in Spain\">older historical tradition<\/a>, dating back to the years preceding the end of the <em><a href=\"\/en\/territories\/regional-routes\/don-quijote\/on-the-trail-of-a-damsel-dulcinea-of-el-toboso\/reconquista\/\" title=\"Reconquista\">Reconquista<\/a><\/em>. As a rule festivals in Spain are divided into three phases: the parade of the Muslim &#8220;invaders&#8221; (<em>entrada<\/em>), the conquest of the city ahead of a negotiation (<em>embajada<\/em>) and the procession in honour of Our Lady or the patron saint (preceded by the rescue of the Christian militias). The clash, which often revolves around the loss and recapture of a fortress or a relic (and, sometimes, even around the capture and release of a major figure), culminating in the final defeat of the &#8220;invaders&#8221; (obtained with divine assistance), which is followed by the removal, expulsion or conversion of the Moors. Most of the performances also include dialogues and disputes over religious dogma. Among the most significant are those of <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/almansa\/\" title=\"Almansa\">Almansa<\/a> (Castilla-La Mancha), <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/caravaca-de-la-cruz\/\" title=\"Caravaca de la Cruz\">Caravaca de la Cruz<\/a> (Murcia) and <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/alcoy-orihuela-and-villajoyosa\/\" title=\"Alcoy, Orihuela and Villajoyosa\">Alcoy, Orihuela and Villajoyosa<\/a> (in the Valencian Community). These were all cities that are part of the territories &#8220;recaptured&#8221; in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/\" title=\"Festivals\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&#8212;back to index<\/a> &nbsp; <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/festivals\/almansa\/\" title=\"Almansa\">next page&#8212;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Feasts of Moors and Christians in Spain In Spain, the feasts of Moors and Christians generally evoke the military Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula which was completed at the threshold of the Early Modern period. 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