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An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's martyrdom transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime.

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/08/1998
    ISBN13: 9780226506913, 978-0226506913
    ISBN10: 0226506916
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    Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy Christianity

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    Book Synopsis
    An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's martyrdom transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime.

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