Andalusia in Málaga and Seville." Following the Second Rebellion of the Alpujarras in 1568-1571, the Moorish population—that is, unconverted Moriscos—were expelled from Kingdom of Castile (and Aragon). However, by order of the Spanish crown, two Moorish families were required to remain in each village in order to demonstrate to the new inhabitants, introduced from northern Spain, the workings of the terracing and irrigation systems on which the district's agriculture depends. In 1810–12 the people strongly resisted the French occupation during the Peninsular War (part of the Napoleonic Wars). Andalusia profited from the Spanish overseas empire, although much trade and finance eventually
Flamenco century. One theory, proposed by Andalusian historian and nationalist Blas Infante in his 1933 book "Orígenes de lo Flamenco y Secreto del Cante Jondo" suggested that the word "flamenco" comes in fact from the Hispano-Arabic term "fellah mengu", meaning "expelled peasant". This term referred to the many Andalusians of the Islamic faith, the Moriscos who remained, and in order to avoid religious persecution, joined with the Roma newcomers. Another theory is that the Spanish word "flamenco" could have been a derivative of the Spanish word "flama", meaning "fire" or "flame". The word "flamenco" may have come to be used for