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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture G.W. Obama, the present U.S. prezziedint, might be said to be (so far) less of a mass murderer than George II was, but that doesn't make either one of them any less of a mass murderer, does it? Are you talking about the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the War of Austrian Succession of 1743 or the so-called Bloody Code which had some 200 felonies on the statute book (Laws passed by Parliament, not dictats dreamed up by the king) ? And it was the Royal Prerogative to pardon felons in appropriate circumstances. Some of who were transported to the American plantations ... BMC ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion