Earl of Shaftesbury
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Aug
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Opposition leader and critic of the court in the 1670s
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Peak in the week of 31 Jul — 1 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentRuby ThelotThe a16z Show · Ruby Thelot on Internet Culture, AI, and the Future of Taste · 19:36 · 2 Aug
…And so what's notable about this is that what Pope and Shaftesbury tells us, Shaftesbury is the first ascetician of the English tradition.…
Dr. Andrea McKenzieNot Just the Tudors · True Crime: Murder & the Popish Plot · 6:06 · 16 Jul
…In 1677, several critics of the court, including the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Duke of Buckingham, are thrown in the Tower of London for essentially invoking a medieval statute that claimed that a parliament that was so repeatedly prorogued and did not sit…
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