Picture No | 10107711 |
Date | 10 May 1643 |
Description | BURNING A BOOK 1643 |
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The public hangman burns 'The Booke of Sportes upon the Lords Day' at St Paul's Cross, and this is repeated at the Royal Exchange : London is inclined to Puritanism now.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in a contemporary chronicle |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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