Conventicle Act 1664

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Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Act of Parliament
gptkbp:allows meetings of five or more people for religious worship
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Clarendon_Code
gptkbp:contributedTo underground religious movements
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_England
Conventicle Act 1670
gptkbp:encouraged formation of secret congregations
gptkbp:enforces local resistance
local magistrates
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-English Civil War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance reflected_tensions_in_English_society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Conventicle Act 1664
gptkbp:impact Dissenters
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Anglican_Church
gptkbp:isChallengedBy religious minorities
dissenting groups
dissenting theologians
gptkbp:isCitedIn Parliamentary discussions
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor liberal thinkers
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical records
gptkbp:isEngagedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:isExaminedBy historians
court actions
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy legal battles
debate over religious freedom
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy political climate of the time
shaping future religious policies
gptkbp:isIntegratedWith maintain public order
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor freedom of worship debates
gptkbp:isVisitedBy fear of civil unrest
gptkbp:ledTo increased dissenting activity
gptkbp:legalStatus fines for noncompliance
ban_on_non-Anglican_worship
gptkbp:notableEvent Five Mile Act
gptkbp:partOf Restoration period legislation
gptkbp:purpose suppress nonconformist religious meetings
gptkbp:relatedTo Religious persecution
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Toleration_Act_1689
gptkbp:resultedIn imprisonment of dissenters
gptkbp:targets Quakers
Baptists
Independents
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt nonconformity
restoring_Anglican_dominance
gptkbp:wasPartOf restoration of monarchy
restoration policies
17th-century English law
larger pattern of religious legislation
restoration_of_Charles_II
Clarendon_Code_series_of_laws
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy gptkb:Anglican_clergy
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1664