Patrick J. O’Banion is a former professor of history. He now teaches church history around the world with Training Leaders International. He is the author of This Happened in My Presence: Moriscos, Old Christians, and the Spanish Inquisition in the Town of Deza, 1569–1611 and The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotesAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroduction1. Town, Contours, and Kingdoms: Deza and Its People2. Deza Divided: Bernardino Almanzorre’s Story3. Getting On With Their Lives: Alexo Gorgoz’s Story4. Seeking a Freer Land: Lope Guerrero’s Story5. The Guardians of Morisco Culture: MarÍa la Jarquina’s Story6. Favor and Fame: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 17. The Demons of Tajahuerce: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 28. The Better Law: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 39. Small-Town Dreams: Miguel GarcÍa Serrano’s Story10. As Much Moors Now as Ever: Ana Guerrera’s Story11. Cleverer than His Father: Miguel RamÍrez’s StoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"In Deza and Its Moriscos, Patrick J. O'Banion astutely illustrates the extent to which Morisco religious identity and practice, clandestine or overt, existed on a spectrum."-Donald W. Wood, Church History “It’s not easy to piece together the information needed to make sense of Morisco life on the ground, but O’Banion has done it admirably well. Deza and Its Moriscos is a major contribution to the field.”-Trevor J. Dadson, author of Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain: Old Christians and Moriscos in the Campo de Calatrava “Innovative, well-structured, well-argued, and thoroughly documented. The virtues of Deza and Its Moriscos include a careful and nuanced reading of the massive evidence from the Inquisition trials as well as more local sources, the skillful way it probes instead of pushes the evidence, the constant attention to the importance of individuals within broader social groups, and a consistently level-headed assessment of what were often highly complicated situations.”-James S. Amelang, author of Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain

Patrick J. O’Banion is a former professor of history. He now teaches church history around the world with Training Leaders International. He is the author of This Happened in My Presence: Moriscos, Old Christians, and the Spanish Inquisition in the Town of Deza, 1569–1611 and The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotesAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroduction1. Town, Contours, and Kingdoms: Deza and Its People2. Deza Divided: Bernardino Almanzorre’s Story3. Getting On With Their Lives: Alexo Gorgoz’s Story4. Seeking a Freer Land: Lope Guerrero’s Story5. The Guardians of Morisco Culture: MarÍa la Jarquina’s Story6. Favor and Fame: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 17. The Demons of Tajahuerce: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 28. The Better Law: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 39. Small-Town Dreams: Miguel GarcÍa Serrano’s Story10. As Much Moors Now as Ever: Ana Guerrera’s Story11. Cleverer than His Father: Miguel RamÍrez’s StoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"In Deza and Its Moriscos, Patrick J. O'Banion astutely illustrates the extent to which Morisco religious identity and practice, clandestine or overt, existed on a spectrum."-Donald W. Wood, Church History “It’s not easy to piece together the information needed to make sense of Morisco life on the ground, but O’Banion has done it admirably well. Deza and Its Moriscos is a major contribution to the field.”-Trevor J. Dadson, author of Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain: Old Christians and Moriscos in the Campo de Calatrava “Innovative, well-structured, well-argued, and thoroughly documented. The virtues of Deza and Its Moriscos include a careful and nuanced reading of the massive evidence from the Inquisition trials as well as more local sources, the skillful way it probes instead of pushes the evidence, the constant attention to the importance of individuals within broader social groups, and a consistently level-headed assessment of what were often highly complicated situations.”-James S. Amelang, author of Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain

Patrick J. O’Banion is a former professor of history. He now teaches church history around the world with Training Leaders International. He is the author of This Happened in My Presence: Moriscos, Old Christians, and the Spanish Inquisition in the Town of Deza, 1569–1611 and The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotesAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroduction1. Town, Contours, and Kingdoms: Deza and Its People2. Deza Divided: Bernardino Almanzorre’s Story3. Getting On With Their Lives: Alexo Gorgoz’s Story4. Seeking a Freer Land: Lope Guerrero’s Story5. The Guardians of Morisco Culture: MarÍa la Jarquina’s Story6. Favor and Fame: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 17. The Demons of Tajahuerce: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 28. The Better Law: RomÁn RamÍrez el Menor’s Story, Part 39. Small-Town Dreams: Miguel GarcÍa Serrano’s Story10. As Much Moors Now as Ever: Ana Guerrera’s Story11. Cleverer than His Father: Miguel RamÍrez’s StoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"In Deza and Its Moriscos, Patrick J. O'Banion astutely illustrates the extent to which Morisco religious identity and practice, clandestine or overt, existed on a spectrum."-Donald W. Wood, Church History “It’s not easy to piece together the information needed to make sense of Morisco life on the ground, but O’Banion has done it admirably well. Deza and Its Moriscos is a major contribution to the field.”-Trevor J. Dadson, author of Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain: Old Christians and Moriscos in the Campo de Calatrava “Innovative, well-structured, well-argued, and thoroughly documented. The virtues of Deza and Its Moriscos include a careful and nuanced reading of the massive evidence from the Inquisition trials as well as more local sources, the skillful way it probes instead of pushes the evidence, the constant attention to the importance of individuals within broader social groups, and a consistently level-headed assessment of what were often highly complicated situations.”-James S. Amelang, author of Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain