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conspiracy of Amboise
conspiracy of Amboise 1560, plot of the Huguenots (French Protestants) and the house of Bourbon to usurp the power of the Guise family, which virtually ruled France during the reign of the young Francis II . The plan, presumably worked out by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé , provided for a march on the castle of Amboise, the abduction of King Francis II, and the arrest of François, duc de Guise, and his brother Charles, cardinal of Lorraine. The cardinal was forewarned, and the rebels, beaten before they had united their forces, were ruthlessly massacred. For weeks the bodies of hundreds of conspirators were hanging from the castle and from every tree in the vicinity. The Huguenots were enraged. A brief period of conciliation followed under the chancellorship of Michel de L'Hôpital , appointed by the king's mother, Catherine de' Medici . He temporarily halted Protestant persecution until the outbreak (1562) of the Wars of Religion.
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Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture
Magazine article from: The Journal of American Culture; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...American democracy. Conspiracy theories are recurrent...those who would dismiss conspiracies as marginal and pathological...Yet Fenster does see conspiracy theorists generally...Fenster defines a conspiracy "as the conviction...the observation that conspiracies circulate solely on...
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Conspiracy theories and literary ethics: Umberto Eco, Danilo Kis and The Protocols of Zion
Magazine article from: Comparative Literature; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...witnessed a rebirth of conspiracy theories. Left and...transcendental world conspiracy of Pat Robertson's...Christian Coalition. Conspiracy theories are as international as the supposed conspiracies they are fighting against...
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Drug conspiracies
Magazine article from: FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...commit a crime constitutes a conspiracy. Illegal drug trafficking...and properly charge drug conspiracies. Sincere Agreement Most...properly charged with a drug conspiracy they must sincerely agree...agreement will not constitute a conspiracy because the informant is...
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Conspiracy theory: the use of the conspiracy doctrine in times of national crisis.
Magazine article from: William and Mary Law Review; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...otherwise criminal into a conspiracy trial. (8) This expansion...judicial memory the law of conspiracy has been the subject of what...virtual revolution in thought. Conspiracies today are often massive...the traditional scope of conspiracy, followed by an examination...
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"CONSPIRACY THEORY" AND SOUND ARGUMENTATION: The Method of Cocaine Politics for resolving "Conflicting World Views" (excerpt)
Magazine article from: et Cetera; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...tremendous scope of such conspiracy theories and the...and oppose such conspiracies. First, more...criminal behavior, conspiracies are seen by the...this meaning of conspiracy, Hofstadter examines conspiracies of the 18th and...
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Conspiracy theory.
Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...CONTENTS I. TWO VIEWS OF CONSPIRACY A. The Dangers to Society...case with the offense of conspiracy. Psychologists have made...reverse-engineered" to make conspiracies operate less efficiently...government should approach conspiracy begins to unfold. This is...
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Conspiracy Theories as Comfort Food: Enemies Within; The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America; Them; Adventures with Extremists
Newspaper article from: Forward; 3/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...a Hollywood studio, and conspiracy theories which raise genuine...One does not have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that conspiracies do exist. Despite this...reading. By relating how conspiracy theories are not merely...
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Conspiracy Theories about Jews and 9/11 Cause Dangerous Mutations in Global Anti-Semitism, Says the Anti-Defamation League
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...anti-Jewish conspiracies." Unraveling Anti-Semitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories documents...map out a Jewish conspiracy for world domination...September 11 conspiracies have spawned an...speakers. -- 9/11 conspiracies have laid the...proliferation of similar conspiracy theories about...
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Conspiracy films stoke the flames of.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 8/10/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Gibson) who never heard a conspiracy theory he didn't believe...the object of a manhunt. "Conspiracy Theory" actually confirms...Timothy McVeigh. Believing in conspiracies was a habit many of us picked...learned how truly alluring a conspiracy theory could be after the...
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Conspiracy Against Blacks? Sure, Why Not?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/23/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...certain to ask if I believe there is a conspiracy against black Americans. It doesn...count on hearing some version of the conspiracy question. My habit has been to answer...they aren't smart enough to sustain a conspiracy of the scope and complexity necessary...
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Conspiracy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...harm as a result of a conspiracy could bring a civil...United States, early conspiracy cases in the state...efforts to prosecute conspiracies proved difficult...during the course of the conspiracy are not "hearsay...international criminal conspiracies. The Kefauver Committee...
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conspiracy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
conspiracy in law, agreement of two or more persons...unlawful act. At common law , the crime of conspiracy was committed with the making of the...step by a conspirator to further the conspiracy. It is not necessary for guilt that...
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Blount Conspiracy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BLOUNT CONSPIRACY BLOUNT CONSPIRACY takes its name from William Blount, U.S. senator from Tennessee in 1796 – 1797. The conspiracy was connected with the Yazoo land frauds of 1796, and its main...
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New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
NEW YORK SLAVE CONSPIRACY OF 1741 NEW YORK SLAVE CONSPIRACY OF 1741. Beginning in early 1741, enslaved Africans...controversial. Throughout the eighteenth century, the conspiracy was seen as fact. During the antebellum period, a combination...
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Spanish Conspiracy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SPANISH CONSPIRACY SPANISH CONSPIRACY, a series of more or less closely related intrigues beginning...proceedings. BIBLIOGRAPHY Green, Thomas Marshall. The Spanish Conspiracy: A Review of Early Spanish Movements in the South-west...
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