TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Kurma-the-Turtle t3_119wh86 on February 23, 2023 at 12:26 PM in todayilearned 171 comments 10,919
Johannes_P t1_j9quk1f wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:26 PM I'm sure these 17000 people just loved to have a divine authority confirming their bias. Had Elizabeth Crofts said the Pope is the rightful head of Christianity, she would have been hanged for praemuire. Permalink 2
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