Dame Antonia Fraser profiles a mighty battle over religious freedom
The deadliest and most damaging riot in British history wasn't sparked by hunger, poverty or a dispute over the throne. Instead, a dispute over religious freedom prompted looting, the desecration of chapels, and about a thousand deaths in the summer of 1780 in London.
The question at stake: Should Catholics continue being second-class citizens, excluded from basic rights that even those with no faith could enjoy?
The official answer, eventually, turned out to be no, this cannot stand. But resolution didn't come until after decades of
