Visions of deliverance : Moriscos and the politics of prophecy in the early modern Mediterranean

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by  Mayte Green-Mercado

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VISIONS OF DELIVERANCE
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VISIONS OF
DELIVERANCE
MORISCOS AND THE POLITICS
OF PROPHECY IN THE EARLY
MODERN MEDITERRANEAN
Mayte Green- Mercado
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Ithaca and London
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Green-Mercado, Mayte, author.
Title: Visions of deliverance : Moriscos and the politics of
prophecy in the early modern Mediterranean / Mayte
Green-Mercado.
Description: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press,
2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019020916 (print) | LCCN 2019981118
(ebook) | ISBN 9781501741463 (cloth) |
ISBN 9781501741487 (epub) | ISBN 9781501741470 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Catholic Church—Relations—Islam. |
Moriscos—Prophecies.| Moriscos—Mediterranean
Region—History—16th century. | Muslims—Spain—
History—16th century. | Prophecy—Islam. |
Prophecy—Political aspects—Spain. | Islam—Spain—
History—16th century. | Islam—Relations—Catholic
Church. | Spain—History—Prophecies.
Classification: LCC DP104 .G74 2019 (print) | LCC DP104
(ebook) | DDC 305.6/97094609031—dc23
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/ 2019981118
Cover image: Vicente Carducho, La expulsión de los
moriscos (c. 1627), detail. Museo del Prado. Used by
permission.
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The affairs of Spain were so confused, men w ere so perplexed,
that it seemed like it was a heavenly scourge, and that another
destruction and end would come over these kingdoms, worse
than it had been in the times of the King Don Rodrigo. They
believed in omens; they cast predictions and prognostications
threatening great misfortune. Some demons in ven ted who
knows what prophecies, which some said were by St. Isidore,
archbishop of Seville, others by Fr. Juan de Rocacelsa [John of
Rupescissa], and one of Merlin and other wise men, and of
St. John Damascene [John of Damascus], and weeping or plaints
that St. Isidore cried over Spain. And in all of them [ there were]
so many bad signs of calamities and destruction for Spain that
people were terrified and went about dazed.
Prudencio de Sandoval, Historia de la vida y hechos del emperador
Carlos V (1604), part 1, book 6, chapter 12
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Contents
Acknowl edgments ix
Note on Transliterations and Citations xi
Introduction 1
1. Christian Visionary or Muslim Prophet?
Re- Creating Identities in Late Spanish
Islam 19
2. The Return of Muslim Granada: Prophecy
and Martyrdom in the Alpujarras Revolt
(1568–1570) 64
3. Ottoman Rome: Apocalyptic Prophecies
in the Mediterranean (1570–1580) 100
4. “The Grand Morisco Conspiracy”:
Prophecy and Rebellion Plots in Valencia
and Aragon (1570–1582) 130
5. Prophetic Fabrications of a Morisco
In for mant: Gil Pérez and the Moriscos
of Valencia 165
6. Prophecy as Diplomacy: The Moriscos
and Henry IV of France 214
Epilogue 237
Appendix A: First Prognostication of the
War of Granada 249
Appendix B: Second Prognostication of the
War of Granada 254
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viii Contents
Appendix C: Third Prognostication of the
War of Granada 258
Appendix D: Prophecy of Fr. Juan de Rokasiya 263
Appendix E: Account of the Scandals That W ill Take
Place at the End of Times in the Island of Spain 267
Appendix F: Prophecy of St. Isidore 271
Appendix G: Plaint of Spain 274
Appendix H: Muḥammad’s Prophecy about Spain 277
Bibliography 281
Index 303
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Acknowl edgments
Over the years I have amassed debt that w ill
never be repaid. I would like to thank p eople who have been instrumental in
the development of this book. I am grateful to my mentors at The University
of Chicago who saw this proje ct come to life when I was a gradua te student.
Cornell H. Fleischer, Tamar Herzog, Fred Donner, John E. Woods, and the
late Farouk Mustafa taught me to think in deep, broad, and connected ways.
David Nirenberg supported my work at a crucial moment. His work has
served as an inspiration throughout the years, and I am grateful for the oppor-
tunity to work with him.
T here are friends and colleagues without whose help I would not have
been able to complete this book— people who are true scholars in every sense
of the word. Ryan Szpiech, a model colleague and mentor, read an initial full
draft of the manuscript and gave valuable feedback. My conversations and
collaborations with Evrim Binbaş enriched my work in countless ways, from
helping me acquire sources to reading every single chapter of this book. I am
deeply grateful for his friendship and constant support. My husband Javier
Castro-Ibaseta’s sharp and critical feedback on e very aspect of my work has
made me a better scholar. He saw this proje ct in its very beginning stages,
and has been h ere to its very end. I am grateful to him for reading and re-
reading and never growing tired of it.
 Many colleagues helped me refine many of the ideas in this book. I had
the privilege and honor to have been part of the Mediterranean working
group and the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Michigan. Nu-
merous friends and colleagues discussed specific aspects of my book. Thanks
to Kathryn Babayan, Paroma Chatterjee, Hussein Fancy, Enrique García
Santo Tomás, Gottfried Hagen, Michele Hannoosh, Karla Mallette, Devi
Mays, and Diane Owen Hughes. Karla Mallete and Michele Hannoosh pro-
vided import ant feedback on my translations from Italian and French. I am
grateful to all for making me feel like I was part of a strong intellectual family.
Four brilliant scholars and dear friends, María Dolores Morillo, Evelyn
A lsultany, Deirdre De la Cruz, and Shobita Parthasarathy, have enriched me
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