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E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten
Marshall The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7524-9474-6
Verlag: The History Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
Plots and Politics in Restoration England
E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-7524-9474-6
Verlag: The History Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
On the evening of 17 October 1678 the body of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, a Westminster Justice of the Peace, was discovered in a ditch near Primrose Hill. He had been pierced with his own sword and apparently strangled. His death lead to a widespread popular hysteria about a 'Popish Plot'. Although a magistrate famous for his fierce rectitude, Godfrey was closely involved with the alternative healer and 'stroker', Valentine Greatrakes and also played a part in many plots and and intrigues centred on the uninhibited court of Charles II and Restoration London. His death brought to a head a series of rumours about Catholic plots to kill Charles II and install his brother, James, Duke of York, on the throne. Identified as the victim of a Jesuit hit-man, Godfrey became overnight a Protestant martyr and cult figure.
