Caption

In 1640, a certain Jenny Geddes, a Scottish market trader in Edinburgh, threw her stool at the head of the vicar in St Giles' Cathedral to protest against the first public use of the Anglican Prayer Book in Scotland. This act is said to have led to riots in which the mob persecuted clergymen and even bishops, England, digital reproduction of a historical model

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26J18_457

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

98.9Mb (33.0Mb) / 16.0in x 24.0in / 4800 x 7200 (300dpi)

Keywords

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