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Deposition on Atrocities 1640

What were the 1641 Depositions?

Written record of every Kings death prior to 1641
The burning of bibles, ritual humiliation and sectarian hatred of Protestants and Catholics
Eight volumes of written testimonies of witnesses to the violent ethnic revolt that began in Ulster that year

What did pamphlets and books such as James Cranford's The Teares of Ireland (1642) illustrate?

Acts of violence supposedly done to protestants by catholics and exaggerated claims for the numbers of dead
Acts of violence supposedly done to catholics by protestants and exaggerated claims for the numbers of dead
Exaggerated count of protestant/catholic population

Where was the meeting that sealed the alliance now known as Confederate Association?

Trim, Co. Meath
Ashbourne, Co. Meath
Slane, Co. Meath

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Deposition on Atrocities 1640

What were the 1641 Depositions?

What did pamphlets and books such as James Cranford's The Teares of Ireland (1642) illustrate?

Where was the meeting that sealed the alliance now known as Confederate Association?