File:The Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope (1829).jpg

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A 19th-century copy of a 17th-century engraved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/broadside" class="extiw" title="w:broadside">broadside</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popish_Plot" class="extiw" title="w:Popish Plot">Popish Plot</a> showing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" class="extiw" title="w:Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> mock procession held in London on during the height of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusion_Crisis" class="extiw" title="w:Exclusion Crisis">Exclusion Crisis</a>. An Exclusion Bill was introduced in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons" class="extiw" title="w:House of Commons">House of Commons</a> with the aim of excluding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:James II of England">James, Duke of York</a>, the brother and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/heir_presumptive" class="extiw" title="w:heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland because he was Roman Catholic. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory" class="extiw" title="w:Tory">Tories</a> opposed exclusion while the "Country Party", who were soon to be named the Whigs, supported it. Every November, on the anniversary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a>'s accession, the Whigs organised huge processions in London in which the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" class="extiw" title="w:Pope">Pope</a> was burnt in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/effigy" class="extiw" title="w:effigy">effigy</a>.

The engraving has three lines of effigies of the Pope, cardinals, Jesuits and other Roman Catholics being carried in a mock procession. The top left section shows the effigies being thrown on to a large bonfire outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Bar,_London" class="extiw" title="w:Temple Bar, London">Temple Bar</a> while a crowd observes the proceedings.

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current09:28, 13 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:28, 13 January 20173,030 × 1,701 (1.68 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)A 19th-century copy of a 17th-century engraved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/broadside" class="extiw" title="w:broadside">broadside</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popish_Plot" class="extiw" title="w:Popish Plot">Popish Plot</a> showing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" class="extiw" title="w:Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> mock procession held in London on <span style="white-space:nowrap"><time class="dtstart" datetime="1680-11-17">17 November 1680</time></span> during the height of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusion_Crisis" class="extiw" title="w:Exclusion Crisis">Exclusion Crisis</a>. An Exclusion Bill was introduced in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons" class="extiw" title="w:House of Commons">House of Commons</a> with the aim of excluding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:James II of England">James, Duke of York</a>, the brother and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/heir_presumptive" class="extiw" title="w:heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland because he was Roman Catholic. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory" class="extiw" title="w:Tory">Tories</a> opposed exclusion while the "Country Party", who were soon to be named the Whigs, supported it. Every November, on the anniversary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a>'s accession, the Whigs organised huge processions in London in which the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" class="extiw" title="w:Pope">Pope</a> was burnt in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/effigy" class="extiw" title="w:effigy">effigy</a>. <p>The engraving has three lines of effigies of the Pope, cardinals, Jesuits and other Roman Catholics being carried in a mock procession. The top left section shows the effigies being thrown on to a large bonfire outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Bar,_London" class="extiw" title="w:Temple Bar, London">Temple Bar</a> while a crowd observes the proceedings.</p>
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