Alan Marshall
The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey
Plots and Politics in Restoration England
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On the evening of 17 October 1678 the body of Sir Edmund Berry Godrey, 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 brough to a head a series of rumours about Catholic plots to kill Charles II and…
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On the evening of 17 October 1678 the body of Sir Edmund Berry Godrey, 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 brough 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 becaem overnight a Protestant martyr and cult figure.
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- ISBN: 978-0-7524-9474-6
- EAN: 9780752494746
- Produktnummer: 14825091
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 703 KB
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