Talk:Absalom and Achitophel
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There seems to be an inconsistency in this page. At the top it states that the poem was written in 1681/2 but concerns Monmouth's rebellion. The latter didn't take place till 1685 (as correctly stated lower down the page), and against James II, in fact. Doesn't the poem relate solely to the exclusion crisis and Monmouth's role in it, rather than the later rebellion?
[edit] Correct
You're right. The fact is that there were two "Monmouth rebellions." There was the one that resulted in bloodshed. However, there was a Monmouth rising (that didn't go to arms) earlier. The latter was the subject of the poem. The inconsistency bugged me no end when I was doing the writing of the article, and I was frustrated by awful online references and hadn't my own books at hand. Geogre 02:57, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Corrected! Yeah!
Ok, finally got it straight. I knew that there were two rebellions by Monmouth. I didn't know the name for the first one, because we've always called them both the Monmouth Rebellion. We just used to say there was the rebellion and the other rebellion. Finally, I know the name of that first one: it was called the meal-tub plot, and it has been corrected in the text. Geogre 14:24, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)cheeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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