ABSTRACT
In medieval Iberia, the progressive growth of the Christian kingdoms resulted in the domination of extensive territories occupied by the mostly Muslim Andalusi population, who faced the dilemma of staying in their homes or emigrating and undertaking a forced exile. But in the account of the Reconquest, the fate of the Moors mattered much less than the glory of the kings. In this chapter, I first address the conditions imposed on such emigration and the related social consequences. I then focus on the refugees and their sense of belonging to a geographical, political, and cultural entity such as al-Andalus. Their memory today still holds a painful reminder of a lost era of tolerance.
