The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion
1901. Lea, an American historian, devoted himself to research, mainly on church history in the later middle ages, and his literary reputation rests on the important books he produced on this subject. In this volume he writes on the history of the mudejar who is a Moslem by religion and subject to Christian sovereign and the Moriscos, Moors who were converted to Christianity after the Christian reconquest of Spain. Contents: The Mudejares; Ximenes; The Germania; Conversion by Edict; The Inquisition; Conversion by Persuasion; Condition of the Moriscos; The Rebellion of Granada; Dangers from Abroad; Expulsion; and Results.