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| − | The Christmas Conjuration is the name of an infamous massacre in [[New Constantinople]] which took place on Christmas Day 1590. In mid-1590, several hundred (believed to be between 200 and 300) German Lutherans fleeing persecution in Europe landed in [[New Constantinople]] seeking refuge. At the time the struggle between people who believed that the [[Pantocratoria]]n Church should be in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople and people who believed that the Church should remain instead in communion with the Pope made the city a hotspot of religious tensions. | + | The '''Christmas Conjuration''' is the name of an infamous massacre in [[New Constantinople]] which took place on Christmas Day 1590. In mid-1590, several hundred (believed to be between 200 and 300) German Lutherans fleeing persecution in Europe landed in [[New Constantinople]] seeking refuge. At the time the struggle between people who believed that the [[Pantocratoria]]n Church should be in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople and people who believed that the Church should remain instead in communion with the Pope made the city a hotspot of religious tensions. |
The Emperor [[Constantine XV Angelus]] ruled [[New Constantinople]] at the time, and saw the Lutherans as another potential source of religious tension in the city. He ordered that they convert to Catholicism in the Byzantine Greek rite still in use in Pantocratoria at the time by Christmas 1590. The Lutherans refused, but sought permission to leave the city (their ships having already been confiscated by [[Constantine XV Angelus|Emperor Constantine]] for his navy). Their request went unanswered until Christmas Day. | The Emperor [[Constantine XV Angelus]] ruled [[New Constantinople]] at the time, and saw the Lutherans as another potential source of religious tension in the city. He ordered that they convert to Catholicism in the Byzantine Greek rite still in use in Pantocratoria at the time by Christmas 1590. The Lutherans refused, but sought permission to leave the city (their ships having already been confiscated by [[Constantine XV Angelus|Emperor Constantine]] for his navy). Their request went unanswered until Christmas Day. | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 18 December 2004
The Christmas Conjuration is the name of an infamous massacre in New Constantinople which took place on Christmas Day 1590. In mid-1590, several hundred (believed to be between 200 and 300) German Lutherans fleeing persecution in Europe landed in New Constantinople seeking refuge. At the time the struggle between people who believed that the Pantocratorian Church should be in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople and people who believed that the Church should remain instead in communion with the Pope made the city a hotspot of religious tensions.
The Emperor Constantine XV Angelus ruled New Constantinople at the time, and saw the Lutherans as another potential source of religious tension in the city. He ordered that they convert to Catholicism in the Byzantine Greek rite still in use in Pantocratoria at the time by Christmas 1590. The Lutherans refused, but sought permission to leave the city (their ships having already been confiscated by Emperor Constantine for his navy). Their request went unanswered until Christmas Day.
On Christmas Day the Emperor's soldiers gathered up the Lutheran settlers, and executed them all. Most of the Lutherans, including women and children were hung from the battlements of the Old Palace of the Despotic Court of New Constantinople. The gentlemen and officers in their number were beheaded. The ministers were hacked apart limb from limb. The bodies were burned in a mass grave over which the modern-day shanty town named Mortville now stands (the town takes its name from the morbid nature of its foundations).
