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- After the worst of the fire had passed, the king expressly told the people that the fire was an act of God and “not a Papist plot”.
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Sep 2, 2016 · In the immediate aftermath of the fire of 1666, London was a smoking ruin, smoldering with suspicion and religious hatred and xenophobia. And yet within three years, the city had rebuilt.
Anti-Catholic hysteria flared up lightly during the reign of Charles II, which saw disasters such as the Great Plague of London (1665) and the Great Fire of London (1666). Vague rumours blamed the fire on arson by Catholics and especially Jesuits.
Mar 29, 2011 · Everyone knows the Great Fire of London started in a baker's shop in the aptly named Pudding Lane, but was it an accident or a pernicious Papist plot? Introduction. Late summer, 1666:...
The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter (1675), as it would have appeared from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666. To the left is London Bridge; to the right, the Tower of London.
Sep 2, 2015 · Rumours even started to spread that King Charles II had started the fire in revenge for London’s support of Parliament during the English Civil War. In October 1666, Londoners believed they’d found their arsonist – a French watchmaker called Robert Hubert.
Oct 2, 2021 · Catholics were also under suspicion. After the worst of the fire had passed, the king expressly told the people that the fire was an act of God and “not a Papist plot”.
Sep 2, 2010 · A pamphlet published 5th November 1666, linking the Great Fire to the gunpowder plot, was circulated, as was an invented confession by a turn-coat ‘papist’ who had 'too great a share in...
