Moorish Uprising in Valencia

Timeline

1. 1413Alzira · ValenciaAround 1413 Valencia was struck by famine and plague; to cover fiscal shortfalls the crown increased tributes and labor levies on Mudejar communities, and Muslim peasants and artisans in places like Alzira began gathering in resistance.
2. 1415–1416Xàtiva · ValenciaMudejar rebels assembled in Xàtiva and the mountains of Almanassir, attacking nearby Christian estates and transport lines. Valencian local knights and royal garrisons joined in suppressing them; rebel leaders were captured or went into exile, and some villages were burned in retaliation.
3. 1418–1419City of Valencia · ValenciaAfter the uprising was suppressed, the Valencian cortes enacted stricter regulations on Mudejars, restricting the autonomy of Muslim quarters, intensifying pressure to convert, and redistributing land, planting the social roots of the later Morisco crisis of the sixteenth century.