Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… ‘advanced and maintained with much Boldness and Openness, contrary to the great and fundamental Truths of the Christian Religion’. 4 The bill he sought to impose was defeated – unsurprisingly, Wharton himself had spoken passionately against … as Peter Clark, assert that ‘despite their various rituals, [they] were probably more concerned with drunkenness than irreligion’. 11 Whether myth or reality, Wharton’s alleged club proved short-lived, and an Irish group around Richard …
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