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    In Paris, approximately 23 years before the French Revolution, a 19 year old man was burned at the stake after a condemnation for blasphemous behaviour such as not taking off his hat for a religious procession. What book was symbolically burned with him?

    Question #59904. Asked by Flem-ish. (Oct 11 05 8:31 AM)


    lanfranco

    		This was Jean-Francois de la Barre, who was executed on July 1, 1766. Voltaire's "Philosophical Dictionary" went into the flames with him:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_la_Barre

    Oct 11 05, 11:54 AM
    Flem-ish

    		And a famous case it was.- Well-done. "Chapeau".

    Oct 11 05, 1:20 PM

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