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The “Horrid Popish Plott” Letters

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The “Horrid Popish Plott” Letters

Unless you know your more obscure 17th century British history, you may not have heard of the Popish Plot. It took place between 1678 and 1681, at a time when Britain was fiercely anti-Catholic. Two men who took their abhorrence of Catholics and all things ‘Popish’ to an extreme, Titus Oates and Israel Tonge, wrote […]

Sarah Chubb Sarah Chubb January 15 5 min read

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