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- Popish Plotn.see OATES Titus
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Popish Plot
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Popish Plot — The execution of the five Jesuits The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy concocted by Titus Oates that gripped England, Wales and Scotland in Anti Catholic hysteria between 1678 and 1681.[1] Oates alleged that there existed an extens … Wikipedia
Popish Plot — Complot papiste Exécution de cinq jésuites sur une carte à jouer, 1849 Le Complot papiste (Popish Plot en anglais) ou encore Complot d Oates (Oates s Plot) est une fausse conspiration perpétrée en Angleterre en 1678, et attribuée à tort aux… … Wikipédia en Français
Popish Plot — Die Papisten Verschwörung („Popish Plot“) war eine Verschwörungstheorie im England der Jahre 1678 bis 1681. Sie wurde in die Welt gesetzt, um die Katholiken des Landes zu diskreditieren und führte zu zahlreichen Verhaftungen sowie 35… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Popish Plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power. * * * (1678) In English history, a fictitious but widely believed rumour that… … Universalium
Popish Plot — /ˈpoʊpɪʃ plɒt/ (say pohpish plot) noun a plot by Roman Catholics to murder King Charles II and his ministers and establish Roman Catholicism in England, which Titus Oates claimed to have discovered in 1678 …
POPISH PLOT — an imaginary plot devised by TITUS OATES (q.v. OATES, TITUS) on the part of the Roman Catholics in Charles II. s reign; in the alleged connection a number of innocent people lost their lives … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Popish Plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power … Useful english dictionary
(the) Popish Plot — the Popish Plot [the Popish Plot] ; Oates … Useful english dictionary
plot — plotful, adj. plotless, adj. plotlessness, n. /plot/, n., v., plotted, plotting. n. 1. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government. 2. Also called storyline.… … Universalium
Oates's Plot — • A Popish Plot which, during the reign of Charles II of England, Titus Oates pretended to have discovered. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Oates s Plot Oates s Plot … Catholic encyclopedia
