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Recusants, English — • People who refrained from attending Church of England services Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
recusants — /rekyazants/rakyuwzants/ In old English law, persons who willfully absented themselves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Those persons who separate… … Black's law dictionary
English Recusants — English Recusants † Catholic Encyclopedia ► English Recusants The first statute in which the term Popish Recusants is used is 35 Eliz. c. 2, An Act for restraining Popish Recusants to some certain place of abode , which was passed in… … Catholic encyclopedia
Recusancy — In the history of England, recusancy was a term used to describe the statutory offence of not complying with and conforming to the Established church or State religion, the Church of England. OriginsAfter the English Reformation and establishment … Wikipedia
Récusant — Les récusants (en anglais Recusants), dans l histoire du Royaume Uni, sont les chrétiens réfractaires à l Église d Angleterre. Du XVIe siècle jusqu au début du XIXe siècle, leur refus de se conformer à la Réforme anglicane instaurée par … Wikipédia en Français
Penal Laws — • Treats of the penal legislation affecting Catholics in English speaking countries since the Reformation. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Penal Laws Penal Laws … Catholic encyclopedia
Leanid Marakou — (Belarusian: Леанід Маракоў, Russian: Леонид Моряков, also under the following pseudonyms: Vladimir Moryakov, Anatole Sinchukousky and others) a Belarusian journalist, writer and historian encyclopedist. Biography Born April 15th, 1958 in Minsk.… … Wikipedia
Test Act — The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists. The principle that none but persons professing the Established… … Wikipedia
List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 — This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament … Wikipedia
Roman Catholic Relief Bills — were attempted steps of legislation in the United Kingdom towards Catholic Emancipation. They sought to remove the legal tests and disabilities imposed on British and Irish Catholics, brought about by Henry VIII s state Protestant Reformation,… … Wikipedia
