An old engraving of the burning of Blount’s Pamphlet by the common hangman, London, England, UK in 1695. It is from a Victorian history book of Charles Blount (1654–1693) was an English philosopher who published critical essays critical. He painted a lurid picture of what life in London would be like under Roman Catholicism. This work was burned by the common hangman. In 1693 Blount issued a pamphlet to argue for the validity of William and Mary. In 1695 Parliament debated the work and had it, too, burned by the common hangman. Blount had committed suicide in 1693.
An old engraving of the burning of Blount’s Pamphlet by the common hangman, London, England, UK in 1695. It is from a Victorian history book of Charles Blount (1654–1693) was an English philosopher who published several anonymous essays critical of the existing English order. In 1678 Blount became a member of the Green Ribbon Club, a group of radical Whig advocates and activists. He wrote a strongly Whig piece that suggested that the Popish Plot was entirely real. It painted a lurid picture of what life in London would be like under James II and Roman Catholicism. The work was burned by the common hangman. In 1693 Blount issued a pamphlet to argue for the validity of William and Mary. His King William and Queen Mary Conquerors argued that they were, in fact, conquerors of England, since they landed with force. In 1695 Parliament debated the work and had it, too, burned by the common hangman. Blount had committed suicide in 1693.
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