The Moriscos’ Artistic Domestic Devotions Viewed through Christian Eyes in Early Modern Iberia

After* the fall of Granada in 1492, an acculturation of Muslims took place throughout the Iberian Peninsula. The purpose was to erase their Islamic traditions and to convert them to Christianity. The policies used by various archbishops ranged from a peaceful approach to violence and mass forced baptisms. In many cases, the reaction was the opposite of the intended one: a significant Muslim population remained, practicing their own forms of piety and refusing what Iberian prelates tried to teach them, so that while they were ‘officially’ Christians, they developed a strong crypto-Islamic faith. The Spanish authorities were at pains to