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31st July 1703: English writer Daniel Defoe put in the pillory for seditious libel
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-07-30 21:05:32
Description: The English writer Daniel Defoe was put in the pillory for seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet. Defoe had authored a number of political pamphlets by the time he published The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which satirised the increasing hostility towards religious Dissenters after Queen Anne succeeded to the throne. Also known as nonconformists, the term applied to a range of Protestant denominations that had broken away from the Anglican High church over the course of the previous century, and who were often the target for criticism and persecution. Shortly after Anne came to the throne parliament began ...
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