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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 Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême) [note 1] was a form of 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.
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.
These were reformists and abolitionists, being contemporary terms as the 'Sect' was – until 1844 – unnamed. They figured and heard readings, sermons and lessons from prominent and wealthy Evangelical Anglicans who called for the liberation of slaves, [8] abolition of the slave trade and the reform of the penal system, and recognised and advocated other cornerstone civil-political rights ...
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 ...
The Cult of Reason (French: Culte de la Raison) [note 1] was France's first established state-sponsored atheistic religion, intended as a replacement for Roman Catholicism during the French Revolution.
Netflix docuseries portraying the rise and fall of the 18th century pirate republic based in Nassau, Bahamas. 2022 Our Flag Means Death: United States David Jenkins: Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Kristian Nairn, Rory Kinnear: Period comedy semi-based on the story of Stede Bonnet, an aristocrat who abandons his life to become a pirate. 2023 One Piece
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 ...