Expulsion of the Moriscos (1609-1614) — Philip III
event
A king expelled hundreds of thousands of his own subjects and called it national security.
Who they are
The 1609-1614 expulsion of the Moriscos — Muslim converts and their descendants — from Spain, ordered by King Philip III.
What they do
The Spanish Crown formally decreed and carried out the removal of an entire minority group, using a 'national security' justification.
How it works
The royal edict was decreed on 9 April 1609 (published 22 September in Valencia) and the expulsion ran from 1609 to 1614; the documented facts are simply that the Crown ordered it and the Moriscos were the target.
Why it matters
It fits a repeating pattern where a state picks one group to cast out as a scapegoat — the engine records it as an example of that pattern and deliberately leaves the deeper interpretation open rather than declaring a hidden hand.
The engine's record — word for word
[in-scope 1200-2040; new instance] Philip III; decreed 9 Apr 1609 (published 22 Sep, Valencia), expulsion of Spain's Moriscos (Muslim converts and descendants) executed 1609-1614 under a 'national security' announcement (royal edict text). Structural class: exemption-against (#100) / state-scale pharmakos. DOCUMENTED FACT: author-of-record = the Spanish Crown; target = the Moriscos. Readings HELD, not asserted; record documents the instance only. Sibling: alhambra_decree_1492, edict_fontainebleau_1685. Tier-1/2 (royal edict text; academic-primary).
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