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Miracles of Abbe Paris Spark Parisian uproar in 18th century letters
A letter from Paris reports jansenist fever over alleged miracles tied to Abbe Paris. A glazier Dupoirier details windows smashed by stones and tiles striking his house near St Medard, with inspectors unable to locate any source, while accusations fly about trickery and Jesuit jollity. The piece blends gossip, church scandal, and urban theater as it traces public credulity and official scrutiny amid religious controversy.
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Paris
Dupoirier
St. Medard’s
St. Christopher
Iiale
Drother
Mouffetard
St. Medard’s Church
Jook
Police
Abde Patil
House of Correction
London
Southampton
Dummer
Taunton
George Heathcote
Wallbrook Ward
Salters Company
George Brafier
Tempest
George Tempest
County of York
Bart
Clifton
Viscount
St. George’s Fields
St. George’s
Malyn
Wresham
Denbighshire
Virginia
St. Christopher’s