Tensions arose in Córdoba between Old Christians and "conversos", where they formed two hostile parties. On March 14, 1473, during a dedication procession, a girl accidentally threw dirty water from the window of the house of one of the wealthiest "conversos" (the customary way to dispose of it.) The water splashed on an image of the Virgin being carried in procession in honor of a new society (from which "conversos" had been excluded by Bishop D. Pedro.) A local blacksmith started arousing a rabble against the Jews, who he blamed for the insult, which immediately joined in a fierce shout for revenge.