It might seem like there aren't many similarities between the Ku Klux Klan in Texas in the early 20th century and the reign of King George I in 18th Century…
It might seem like there aren't many similarities between the Ku Klux Klan in Texas in the early 20th century and the reign of King George I in 18th Century Britain, but for author Patricia Bernstein,…At first, it might seem like there aren’t many similarities between the Ku Klux Klan in Texas in the early 20th century and the reign of King George I in 18th Century Britain, but for author Patricia Bernstein, the two mirror images of each other.
“A Noble Cunning” takes place after the fall of the House of Stuart and the rise in anti-Catholicism in Britain. Practice of the religion was outlawed, and George ascended the throne in 1714 after an act of parliament made fifty other Catholic Stuart relatives ineligible. “Britain was lined up against two very aggressive Catholic nations, France and Spain,” she says. “They found Catholicism distasteful, but they were also afraid of being taken over. The laws got more and more intense, and though they never did expel Catholics like they did the Jews in 1290, but they made it illegal to practice. Everybody was obligated to go to Church of England services or pay a fine.
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