EventAcross the pillars

The Massacre of Lisbon

d009_sephardi_catastrophe.6
The Massacre of Lisbon

A mob in our own capital, whipped into a frenzy by wandering friars preaching that the plague besetting Lisbon is God's judgment on the New Christians in its midst, has turned Lisbon's streets into a slaughterhouse. Hundreds of converso men, women, and children lie dead in the squares and doorways, and our Clergy are quietly divided on whether to condemn the killing or bless it.

Historical event
  • Is Portugal
  • Date: 1506–1508
  • Monthly chance: 50%
Trigger
Exact conditions

  • The Maghreb Coast
    Random location in scripted geographywhere
    • Has an owner
    • Owner: NotRoot
    • Dominant Religion: Sunnism
    • Is on the coast
    • Religion
      Random religious order in religionwhere
      Any location in religious orderThis: Bologna
      Exact script

      Exact script
      Exact script

      Requires 5

      Religions
      • SunnismAs soon as it happens, Trigger
      Cultures
      Countries
      Static Modifiers

      Changes 3

      Estates
      Societal Values

      References 2

      Scripting 9

      Requires 1

      Uses 1

      References 7

      Scripted Geographies

      type = country_event
      title = d009_sephardi_catastrophe.6.title The Massacre of Lisbon
      desc = d009_sephardi_catastrophe.6.desc A mob in our own capital, whipped into a frenzy by wandering friars preaching that the plague besetting Lisbon is God's judgment on the New Christians in its midst, has turned Lisbon's streets into a slaughterhouse. Hundreds of converso men, women, and children lie dead in the squares and doorways, and our Clergy are quietly divided on whether to condemn the killing or bless it.
      outcome = negative
      historical_info = d009_sephardi_catastrophe.6.historical_info The Lisbon massacre of April 1506 began when Dominican friars blamed New Christians for a drought and plague then afflicting the city, and lasted three days before royal troops finally intervened. Estimates of the dead range from under two thousand to well over three thousand, and the massacre so alarmed King Manuel I that he issued edicts afterward formally protecting New Christians from further mob violence, though the underlying suspicion of them never fully subsided.
      fire_only_once = yes
      dynamic_historical_event = {
      tag = POR
      from = 1506.1.1
      to = 1508.1.1
      monthly_chance = 50
      }

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