An Historical Narrative Of The Horrid Plot And Conspiracy Of Titus Oates, Called The Popish Plot, In Its Various Branches And Progress 1816 - Couverture souple

Andrews, William Eusebius

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0548739552 ISBN 13 : 9780548739556

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

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Mary the Second, consort to William III, is stated to have been of history in general; since she is said not to have known the title of Henry VII, nor the terms upon which Queen Mary married Philip of Spain, until she was instructed, some years after her marriage and just before her succeeding tothe throne of her father, James II, by Bishop Burnet. This national defect of genuine instruction may be attributed to various causes; the pains taken by the leading reformers to mislead the public mind; the prejudices naturally imbibed by the vulgar class, in consequence of these misrepresentations; and the base spirit which generally governed the minds of our authors when narrating facts, to detail not according to the true statement of the subject, but according to the feelings of the public mind, in order to ensure a good sale for their works. This latter has been the case with most writers who have undertaken to abridge the works of our celebrated historians, and hence we may account for the deep-rooted prejudices and notorious ignorance of the English people in general, both in matters of religion and policy. Nothing can tend to illustrate these observations so well as a slight glance into the various discussions which have taken place on the subject of CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION, in which the enquirer will find men, in every other respect gifted with the highest talents, blindly led away by the prepossessions of false ideas, probably imbued in their infant years, and without searching into the true causes, condemn their fellowmen of crimes, which they have neither committed nor dreamt of.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0548739552
• ISBN 13: 9780548739556
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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