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Origin of 'Sent to Coventry'

Posted by Bruce Kahl on August 11, 2000

In Reply to: Origin of 'Sent to Coventry' posted by Dec on August 11, 2000

What was special about this city, and what is its association with one's being ignored?

The link below will take you to a rather lengthy explanation of the whole Coventry phrase.
In a nutshell, Charles I in 1642 was suspected of being a Catholic in secret. As a result he and parliament often had run-ins and eventually the king left London and built an army as did parliament, thus were sown the seeds of the English Civil War. See link for more info.

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