“…Other authors are cautious in using the viradeira to comprehend the beginning of the Marian reign (Boxer, 2008;Dias, 2008Dias, , 2014Marques, 1998;Maxwell, 1995;Monteiro, 2012aMonteiro, , 2014Paquette, 2013aPaquette, , 2013bPedreira, 1994;Subtil, 1998a). Accordingly, the viradeira puts a simplistic view on events (Subtil, 1998a); it passes on an idea of a precipitating decision (Dias, 2008).…”