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Cutty Stool, St Giles, Edinburgh, March 2008

The Cutty Stool Memorial in St. Giles, Edinburgh, where, in 1637, Jenny Geddes threw a stool of repentance at the dean, in protest against the imposition of an Anglicised prayerbook on the Calvinist congregation. A riot ensued, and ultimately, the National Covenant.

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Taken on March 13, 2008