Living legacies : moriscos, myths, and memories of al-Andalus

Abstract EN

Morisvw (Muslim* wfio ha4 to convert to Christianity in Ik' 16th century or tem

Expeeled to abandon their own filith and culture, they Intd memories and stories from alAadatus that shafted their strategies for survival.

Some Mariscos attempted to become true Christians and assimilate, hit

or external conformity nJirJc Munhr/itiirg fcf.m* internally.

In the material culture (eg.

building*/ sanwinding fftrtu Morww sail' the history of a time ii’lu’u A*ws/m»is ruled, os nvnV as flte aftermath in aJiiVil Mi'hJfKUis Orrittian form used their culture (tv their tVi'il purposes.

.V1orf*WS ilfaO kiteiv J/isf\»iio-iMlW//in StOlifS tlirotigh tin oral tradition that itiKviymoiM scrilv< eventually t'ans

a Castilian dialect written in Arabic script.

Although these writings uvre subsequently prohibited and bi.nuvl.

MortewM mm»y tliuf nm later found.

Vie stories now pnmdt insight into the living legacies of tfl-Andoliw.

One of the stories, that of llw hsnJlf» princess.

Carcayona.

can be tead as a metaphor of the wounding and p«m Out Alcvifiw experienad in the 16th century.

Whether story or maii-riiif culture, the legacies of al- Andah/s pm-kled fcutli CArfcfUllti arid Moriscos with poUYrful and lasting myths of power and identity