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Hellfire Club was a term used to describe several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Great Britain and Ireland in the 18th Century. The name most commonly refers to Francis Dashwood 's Order of the Friars of St. Francis of Wycombe . [ 1 ]
The hit documentary turned the forgotten cult — known for its red and orange clothing — into a pop culture obsession. Over six engrossing episodes rich with archival footage, directors Chapman ...
Pages in category "BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Jean Calas (1698–1762) Jean Calas (1698 – 10 March 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son, despite his protestations of innocence.
The Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême) [note 1] was a form of theocratic deism established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution as the intended state religion of France and a replacement for its rival, the Cult of Reason, and of Roman Catholicism.
Films about cults, social groups that are defined by their unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or their common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal Contents
Kondratii Selivanov [], founder of Skoptsy-movement.Drawing from early 19th century. The Skoptsy movement emerged in the 1760s from the flagellant sect of the Khlysty.Its founder was a runaway peasant, later known as Kondratiy Ivanovich Selivanov, a former adherent of a Khlysty sect of Akulina Ivanovna in the Oryol Governorate. [12]
In the 15th century the Taborites in Bohemia produced an offshoot known as the Bohemian Adamites. [10] Everywhere these sects met with firm opposition from the mainstream churches. [ 9 ] The splintering of Protestantism during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the 17th century saw Adamites recorded in the Catalogue of the Several Sects and ...