Pragmatic Sanction of 1567

The Pragmatic Sanction of 1567, also known as the anti-Morisco Pragmatic (Spanish: Pragmática Sanción de 1567, lit.'Pragmatic Sanction of 1567'), was an edict issued in the form of a pragmatic sanction by King Philip II of Spain that forbade the language, dress, customs and religious practices of the Moriscos of the Kingdom of Granada. The text was promulgated on 17 November 1566 and made public on New Year's Day 1567 by Pedro de Deza, president of the Royal Chancery of Granada, who immediately began to enforce it. Resistance to its terms triggered the Rebellion of the Alpujarras of 1568–1571.