Bloody Carnival

The Bloody Carnival (Hungarian: véres farsang) was the massacre of Székely serfs in February 1596 after their rebellion for the restoration of their freedom.[1] The Székelys rose up because the Diet of Transylvania had refused to restore their freedom.[1][2] Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania promised them to restore their freedom if they joined his campaign against the Ottomans in Wallachia in autumn 1595.[1][2]

References
  1. Barta 1994, p. 295.
  2. G. Etényi, Horn & Szabó 2006, p. 128.

Sources
  • Barta, Gábor (1994). "The Emergence of the Principality and its First Crises (1526–1606)". In Köpeczi, Béla; Barta, Gábor; Bóna, István; Makkai, László; Szász, Zoltán; Borus, Judit (eds.). History of Transylvania. Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 247–300. ISBN 963-05-6703-2.
  • G. Etényi, Nóra; Horn, Ildikó; Szabó, Péter (2006). Koronás fejedelem: Bocskai István és kora [A Crowned Prince: Stephen Bocskai and his Times] (in Hungarian). General Press Kiadó. ISBN 963-9648-27-2.
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