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Protestant Association
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Maria De Fleury | MDF
celebrates the Association
in a poem addressing it. Her book's full title is Unrighteous Abuse Detected and Chastised; or, A Vindication of Innocence and Integrity, Being an Answer to a Virulent Poem, Intituled, The... |
| politics | Maria De Fleury | MDF
's first publicised brush with politics involved her membership of the Protestant Association
, |
| Textual Production | Maria De Fleury | MDF
published her pamphlet Poems, Occasioned by the Confinement and Acquittal of the Right Honourable Lord George Gordon
, President of the Protestant Association. Gordon the champion of Protestantism converted to Judaism
in 1786. De Bruyn, Frans. “Anti-Semitism, Millenarianism, and Radical Dissent in Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in FranceEighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 34 , No. 4, 1 June 2001– 2024, pp. 577-00. 585 De Fleury, Maria. Poems. R. Denham, 1781. title-page |
| Textual Production | Maria De Fleury | Lord George Gordon was arrested on 9 June 1780 and sent to the Tower of London after the anti-Catholic riots bearing his name. He came to trial on 5 February 1781, but was acquitted the... |
| Textual Production | Maria De Fleury | The poem's title-page announces its publication date. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Maria De Fleury | MDF
's first poem here, Innocence in Bonds, A Dialogue dated 14 August 1780, in which the speakers are Truth and the Muse, refers to her previous publication, to martyrs (implicitly Protestants) who died at... |
Timeline
2 June 1780: The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic...
National or international item
2 June 1780
The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic mobs encouraged by Lord George Gordon
(leader of the Protestant Association
) attacked and burned churches and other buildings and terrorised the populace.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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