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The Moriscos of Spain as depicted by Christoph Weiditz in the 1530s (Public domain) This departure from the concept of Christian brotherhood may have had its roots in suspicion about the new ...

They are descendants of Moriscos, Muslims who were expelled from Spain in 1609 and are scattered across the Mediterranean Sea — cultural cousins of Sephardim, Jews of Spanish descent.

They are descendants of Moriscos, Muslims who were expelled from Spain in 1609 and are scattered across the Mediterranean Sea — cultural cousins of Sephardim, Jews of Spanish descent.

Diego Velázquez’s Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627) did not have the same lucky escape as Las Meninas (1656) when a catastrophic four-day fire broke out in Madrid’s royal palace in 1734.

Other works were less fortunate. Around 500 paintings were destroyed in the fire, including another Velázquez: Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627), which depicted Philip III’s order to expel the ...