Popish Plot: Difference between revisions

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1678. Supposed conspiracy by Catholic conspirators to kill Charles II and replace him by his Catholic brother, James, Duke of York.

Two informers, Titus Oates and Israel (or Ezerel) Tonge, claimed that there was a Jesuit conspiracy to assassinate the king. Their more and more elaborate accusations resulted in an anti-Catholic frenzy, in which 24 Catholics were executed for alleged treason and several others died in prison.

The Popish Plot triggered the Exclusion Crisis.

Sources:

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/abj76/PG/pieces/popish_plot.shtml

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Titus_Oates

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-. Supposed conspiracy by Roman Catholics to kill the Protestant [[Charles II]] of England and replace him by his Roman Catholic brother, James, Duke of York.
+. Supposed conspiracy by Catholic conspirators to kill [[Charles II]] and replace him by his Catholic brother, [[James II|James]], Duke of York.
-Principal item of the plot was a manuscript written by Titus Oates and Israel Tonge that pretended the Roman Catholic Church to approve of the assassination of Charles II by English Jesuits. The alleged plot resulted in an anti-Catholic frenzy, in which 24 Catholics were executed for treason and several others died in prison. The eventual discovery of the plot preceded the [[Exclusion Crisis]].
+Two informers, Titus Oates and Israel (or Ezerel) Tonge, claimed that there was a Jesuit conspiracy to assassinate the king. Their more and more elaborate accusations resulted in an anti-Catholic frenzy, in which 24 Catholics were executed for alleged treason and several others died in prison.
+The Popish Plot triggered the [[Exclusion Crisis]].