The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey
| Autor: | Alan Marshall |
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| EAN: | 9780752494746 |
| eBook Format: | ePUB |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 18.11.1999 |
| Untertitel: | Plots and Politics in Restoration England |
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| Schlagworte: | Plots and Politics in Restoration England alternative healer catholic king charles ii magistrate popish plot primrose hill restoration sir edmund berry godrey strangled stroker sword valentine greatrakes westminster justice of the peace |
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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.
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