Bookshops and blasphemy in 1840s Edinburgh

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Abstract

Following the abolition of blasphemy as a criminal offence in 2021, Dr Felicity Loughlin reflects on Scotland's last prosecutions for this crime, and asks what they tell us about changing attitudes towards religion & free speech in the early Victorian period.
Original languageEnglish
Pages28-35
Specialist publicationHistory Scotland Magazine
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2022

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