'The Horrid Popish Plot': Roger L'Estrange and the Circulation of Political Discourse in Late Seventeenth-Century London (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs) - Hardcover

Hinds, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197264433 ISBN 13: 9780197264430

Publisher: British Academy, 2010

Synopsis

The Popish plot was an alleged Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II and re-introduce the Catholic faith to England. Despite it being a fiction, belief in the plot became widespread and many innocent Catholics were sent to their deaths.

Moving away from the focus of recent histories of the plot, which remain predominately in the realms of parliamentary discussion, courts of law and the councils of the King, this volume...

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Peter Hinds is Lecturer in English, University of Plymouth

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"[An] excellent new book...The Horrid Popish Plot is an outstanding work of history. Usefully informed by a wide-ranging array of other disciplines, peter Hinds has given new impetus to the study of a decisive moment in British history, and he offers an impressive template for future work on the late Stuart era." --Journal of British Studies

"Handsomely produced...this is a solid, scholarly book that appreciably advances our understanding of the...

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Edition details

• Publisher: British Academy
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0197264433
• ISBN 13: 9780197264430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472