What was Lisbon like before the earthquake and did the earthquake

>>2717615
Huge and populous.

The effect on portugal was that the ammount of money to pay for the reconstruction was staggering. Also the time the port was taken out of comission created competition elsewhere.

>>2717615
It was the beginning of Atheism, no rational person of the time could fathom why god had destroyed a christian city, unless God did not care, or even not exist.

>>2717761
Interesting, I always assumed atheism becamecpopular during the black death

>>2717615
The religious institutions got hit hard while the red light district hardly at all.
That activated more than a few philosophers' almonds.

>>2717761
Do you have any texts that speak on this?