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June 5 The Sermon that inspired the Riot Act
Season 6 Episode 5
The Sacheverell riots were a series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn of 1710 in which supporters of the Tories attacked the homes and meeting-houses of dissenters particularly those of presbyterians, inspired by the Nov 5th Sermon of Rev Henry Sacheverell.
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