The Easter Massacre
The plague has been ravaging the city of Lisbon since January, it was
Easter, 1506 and people blamed the Jews for it; some survived hiding in
the homes of people who offered help to them or by fleeing the city.
But after two days, more than two thousand men, women and children, and
even their pets, have been murdered, including João Rodrigues
Mascarenhas, the uncle of Maria Andrea Mascarenhas, my 13th great grandmother.
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