De Fleury, Maria. Henry. R. Denham, 1782.
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Lord George Gordon
Standard Name: Gordon, Lord George
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| Dedications | 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... |
| Dedications | Maria De Fleury | MDF
dedicated to Lord George Gordon
a masque-like or operatic work entitled Henry; or, The Triumph of Grace. A Sacred Poem. qtd. in OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| politics | Maria De Fleury | MDF
's first publicised brush with politics involved her membership of the Protestant Association
, Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Publishing | Maria De Fleury | MDF
published and sold from her own house, with her name and printed for the author, Unrighteous Abuse Detected and Chastised, a 24-page pamphlet which is another vindication of Lord George Gordon
. De Fleury, Maria. Unrighteous Abuse Detected and Chastised. R. Denham, 1781. title-page |
| Textual Features | 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... |
| Textual Production | Judith Kazantzis | JK
compiled and published a Jackdaw pack reproducing historical documents for use in schools: The Gordon
Riots: a collection of contemporary documents. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/. |
| 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 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Timberlake Wertenbaker | It is set in London in the eighteenth century. For the opening scene TW
used a story she had heard of a woman trained in the art of hostessing by talking to an empty chair... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Judith Kazantzis | A cover sheet lists the contents, with a sketch map of London in 1780 (the year the riots happened, in early June), a list of further reading, and some questions for essays or discussion. Six... |
Timeline
6 April 1780: The Radical cause in Britain was advanced...
National or international item
6 April 1780
The Radical cause in Britain was advanced when the House of Commons
passed a motion by John Dunning (later Baron Ashburton)
, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to...
2 June 1780: The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic...
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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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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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