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"Black coat" Scottish spies: clerical informers in 1820

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posted on 2023-08-30, 17:08 authored by John Gardner
This essay examines the contention over the operation of spies during the rebellions of 1820 that resulted in eight executions for High Treason. These were the last until the Easter 1916 risings. Research from Kew National Archives shows that there were indeed spies and several were members of the clergy. The argument is that poetry had pointed the finger in that direction, but had not been given status as historical documents.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

46

Issue number

1

Page range

32-39

Publication title

Studies in Scottish Literature

ISSN

0039-3770

Publisher

University of South Carolina

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2020-04-15

Legacy creation date

2020-04-15

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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