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    The document discusses the Paine Burnings that occurred in England during the winter of 1792-1793. Thomas Paine, who had published the radical Rights of Man and became a French citizen, had his effigies burned in public displays of English loyalism. Historians debate the spontaneity and social impact of the burnings. The burnings intensified after Paine's trial in absentia and the execution of King Louis XVI, as Paine came to represent the fears of revolution. There were at least 286 documented burnings across England and Wales, with crowds of over 1,000 in some locations and possibly as many as 500,000 attendees in total.

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    The document discusses the Paine Burnings that occurred in England during the winter of 1792-1793. Thomas Paine, who had published the radical Rights of Man and became a French citizen, had his effigies burned in public displays of English loyalism. Historians debate the spontaneity and social impact of the burnings. The burnings intensified after Paine's trial in absentia and the execution of King Louis XVI, as Paine came to represent the fears of revolution. There were at least 286 documented burnings across England and Wales, with crowds of over 1,000 in some locations and possibly as many as 500,000 attendees in total.

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    The document discusses the Paine Burnings that occurred in England during the winter of 1792-1793. Thomas Paine, who had published the radical Rights of Man and became a French citizen, had his effigies burned in public displays of English loyalism. Historians debate the spontaneity and social impact of the burnings. The burnings intensified after Paine's trial in absentia and the execution of King Louis XVI, as Paine came to represent the fears of revolution. There were at least 286 documented burnings across England and Wales, with crowds of over 1,000 in some locations and possibly as many as 500,000 attendees in total.

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    The Paine Burnings of 1792/1793 – Frank O’Gorman

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    P.1

     Winter 1792-1793: Thomas Paine effigies burned publicly

     O’Gorman argues this was the most visible showing of English loyalism during the 1790s

    P.2

    P.3

     Historiography

    o EP Thompson The Making of the English working class

     Sees them as lacking spontaneity and highlight the divide between gentry and

    working class

    o Nicholas Rogers Burning Tom Paine: Loyalism and Counter-Revolution in Britain

    1792-1793

     Argues that loyalists used burnings as a means to intimidate their opponents

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     Tom Paine- c=ublishes The Rights of Man 1792

    o Book sells 200,000 copies in population of 5 million

    o Leads to backlash- government proclamation May 1792 against seditious writings

    o Books burned in Exeter, sale of books banned in Chester

    P.7
     Paine involved in French affairs which leads to burnings of his effigy

    o 26 August French National Assembly – granted Paine French citizenship

    o 25 September Paine elected to national convention

     September 1792 Paine flees to France

    o Writes critically of the government, describes them as corrupt and raudulent

     18 December trial held in his absence

    o Paine convicted as fugitive and Rights of Man outlawed

     Popular fear/anger of Tom Paine

    o Assumption he was plotting revolution in France

    o EP Thompson describes Paine as having replaced the pope as the national enemy

    (p.430 making of working class)

    o Fears exacerbated by trial and execution of Louis XVI in January 1793

     Burnings

    o November 1792 burnings across the country – Cheshire, Derbyshire, Croydon, Kent

    o O’Gorman states at least 286 burnings took place minimum, up to around 412 noted

    in total by historians

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    P.28

     O’Gorman outlines how Paine burnings were more akin to a “ritual execution”- describes

    how effigy was tortured and various effects were added e.g. blood, fireworks

    P.34

     O’Gorman outlines extent of burnings through crowd numbers

    o Wells, Beaconsfield, Croydon- over 1000

    o Chelmsford 2000-3000
    o Plymouth and Portsmouth- 20,000 reported- however this is an exaggerated

     O’Gorman concludes around 500,000 attended burnings over the winter of 1792-1793:

    around 1/6 of adult English/welsh population at the time

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