We're headed to Portugal this week, with an earthquake so large it shook fundamental human belief systems. The 1755 earthquake hit the capital of Lisbon (and elsewhere), with its physical effects being felt as far away as Brazil; its effects on society at the beginnings of the Enlightenment were just as profound. Join us as we discuss earthquakes, tsunamis, firestorms, and why the question of divine judgement was raised.

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Sources:

1755 O Terramoto de Lisboa by Jao Duerte Fonseca

This Gulf of Fire by Mark Molesky

Wrath of God by Edward Paice

The Last Day by Nicholas Shrady

and various archived materials available through the National Archive at Torre do Tombo