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Jenny Geddes

In 1637, Edinburgh street-seller Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the Dean of\xc2\xa0St Giles' Cathedral in protest at the use of a new prayer book, sparking a riot which led to the Wars of the...

In 1637, Edinburgh street-seller Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the Dean of\xc2\xa0St Giles' Cathedral in protest at the use of a new prayer book, sparking a riot which led to the Wars of the Covenant, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms & the English Civil War.


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