- Title Pages
- For my parents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
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Chapter 1 ‘[T]aking up Plots upon Trust’:1 -
Chapter 2 ‘[W]ill you have your Throats cut ere you will believe?’:1 -
Chapter 3 ‘Tis the Press that has made ‘um Mad’:1 -
Chapter 4 ‘A Popish priest is a certain seducer’:1 -
Chapter 5 ‘Hell, and Rome…have long been confederate against us’:1 -
Chapter 6 ‘The Subduing of a Pestilent Heresy’:1 -
Chapter 7 ‘A Matter too hot…to be Handled’:1 -
Chapter 8 ‘A Few Words among Many, about the Touchy Point of Succession’:1 -
Chapter 9 ‘Have a Care of perverted Authorities’:1 -
Chapter 10 ‘After-Birth-Inscriptions’:1 - Conclusion
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Appendix 1 Chronology of the main events mentioned in the text between August 1678 and June 1679 -
Appendix 2 The Organization of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (1678–85)* -
Appendix 3 The Test Acts* -
Appendix 4 -
Appendix 5 The Oath to be sworn by subscribers to the Protestant ‘Association’* - Bibliography
- Index
‘The Subduing of a Pestilent Heresy’:1 Edward Coleman’s Letters
‘The Subduing of a Pestilent Heresy’:1 Edward Coleman’s Letters
- Chapter:
- (p.198) Chapter 6 ‘The Subduing of a Pestilent Heresy’:1 Edward Coleman’s Letters
- Source:
- ‘The Horrid Popish Plot’
- Author(s):
Peter Hinds
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter discusses Edward Coleman, who was the first man to be tried and executed based on the testimony of Oates, as well as a set of events and debates that were related to him. It considers his controversial correspondence with the members of the French Court during the early to mid-1670s, as well as the parliamentary debate over whether his letters should be printed or not. Coleman's trial, execution, and the discourse surrounding his death are also examined.
Keywords: Edward Coleman, Titus Oates, correspondence, French Court, parliamentary debate, trial, execution
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- Title Pages
- For my parents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 ‘[T]aking up Plots upon Trust’:1 -
Chapter 2 ‘[W]ill you have your Throats cut ere you will believe?’:1 -
Chapter 3 ‘Tis the Press that has made ‘um Mad’:1 -
Chapter 4 ‘A Popish priest is a certain seducer’:1 -
Chapter 5 ‘Hell, and Rome…have long been confederate against us’:1 -
Chapter 6 ‘The Subduing of a Pestilent Heresy’:1 -
Chapter 7 ‘A Matter too hot…to be Handled’:1 -
Chapter 8 ‘A Few Words among Many, about the Touchy Point of Succession’:1 -
Chapter 9 ‘Have a Care of perverted Authorities’:1 -
Chapter 10 ‘After-Birth-Inscriptions’:1 - Conclusion
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Appendix 1 Chronology of the main events mentioned in the text between August 1678 and June 1679 -
Appendix 2 The Organization of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (1678–85)* -
Appendix 3 The Test Acts* -
Appendix 4 -
Appendix 5 The Oath to be sworn by subscribers to the Protestant ‘Association’* - Bibliography
- Index
