EventAcross the pillars

The Preaching of Fernando Martínez

d009_sephardi_catastrophe.1
The Preaching of Fernando Martínez

An archdeacon named Target Character has been preaching across the towns of Andalusia for years now, each sermon more inflammatory than the last, and this year the crowds he/she stirs up have stopped merely listening. Mobs gather outside the Jewish quarters of our own towns, armed with more than words, and our Clergy make no secret of which side they favor. What happens in the streets over these next weeks will not stay confined to them.

Historical event
  • Is Castile
  • Is ARA
  • Date: 1391–1393
  • Monthly chance: 50%
Trigger
Exact conditions

Create character: First name: name_ferdinand · Last name: Martinez · Culture: Castilian · Religion: Catholicism · Female: no · Min age: 45 · Estate: Clergy · Create in limbo: yes
Administrative Ability
  • 40
  • 60
Diplomatic Ability
  • 60
  • 80
Military Ability
  • 10
  • 30
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Requires 8

Situations
Religions
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Countries

Grants 1

Changes 2

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Societal Values

References 2

Mentions 1

Scripting 14

Grants 2

Uses 3

References 9

type = country_event
title = d009_sephardi_catastrophe.1.title The Preaching of Fernando Martínez
desc = d009_sephardi_catastrophe.1.desc An archdeacon named Target Character has been preaching across the towns of Andalusia for years now, each sermon more inflammatory than the last, and this year the crowds he/she stirs up have stopped merely listening. Mobs gather outside the Jewish quarters of our own towns, armed with more than words, and our Clergy make no secret of which side they favor. What happens in the streets over these next weeks will not stay confined to them.
outcome = neutral
historical_info = d009_sephardi_catastrophe.1.historical_info Fernando Martínez, archdeacon of Écija, spent years preaching against Sevilla's Jewish community despite repeated royal orders to stop. When he finally incited a mob in June 1391, the violence killed thousands and spread within weeks to Córdoba, Toledo, Valencia, Barcelona, and beyond. It was the single most destructive wave of anti-Jewish violence in medieval Iberia, and the beginning of the mass conversions that would eventually produce the converso population targeted by the Inquisition a century later.
fire_only_once = yes
dynamic_historical_event = {
tag = CAS
tag = ARA
from = 1391.1.1
to = 1393.1.1
monthly_chance = 50
}

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