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Daniel Defoe
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Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, merchant and spy. He is famous for his novels Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress. He has been seen as one of the earliest
Portrait of Defoe in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of Defoe in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Daniel Defoe in the Pillory (Eyre Crowe, 1862)
Daniel Defoe in the Pillory (Eyre Crowe, 1862)
Title page from Daniel Defoe's: The History of the Union of Great Britain dated 1709 and printed in Edinburgh by the Heirs of Anderson
Title page from Daniel Defoe's: The History of the Union of Great Britain dated 1709 and printed in Edinburgh by the Heirs of Anderson
Glasgow Bridge as Defoe might have seen it in the 18th century
Glasgow Bridge as Defoe might have seen it in the 18th century
Pillory
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The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and renaissance periods for punishment by public hum
Daniel Defoe
…offensive against Nonconformists. Defoe was a natural target, and his pamphleteering and political activities resulted in his arrest and placement in a pillory on 31 July 1703, principally on account of his December 1702 pamphlet entitled The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters; Or, Proposals for the Establishment…
The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a pillory
The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a pillory
Stone pillory from the 18th century preserved in situ in Mespelare, Belgium. It is decorated with the coat of arms of the Goubau family, who at the ti
Stone pillory from the 18th century preserved in situ in Mespelare, Belgium. It is decorated with the coat of arms of the Goubau family, who at the time were the lords of the village.
The pillory at Charing Cross in London, c. 1808
The pillory at Charing Cross in London, c. 1808