Clarendon Code
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The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clarendon Code canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1042409 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Clarendon Code Context triple: [Restoration (England), keyEvent, Clarendon Code]
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The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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King's Regulations
King's Regulations are the formal rules and administrative code governing conduct, discipline, and procedures within the British Army.
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C.
Judicature Acts
The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.
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D.
Poynings' Law
Poynings' Law was a late 15th-century statute that placed the Irish Parliament under tight control of the English Crown by requiring prior approval of its legislation.
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Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Clarendon Code Target entity description: The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.
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A.
The Statutes of the Realm
The Statutes of the Realm is an authoritative multi-volume collection of English and later British parliamentary statutes, covering legislation from the medieval period through the early modern era.
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B.
King's Regulations
King's Regulations are the formal rules and administrative code governing conduct, discipline, and procedures within the British Army.
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C.
Judicature Acts
The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.
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D.
Poynings' Law
Poynings' Law was a late 15th-century statute that placed the Irish Parliament under tight control of the English Crown by requiring prior approval of its legislation.
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E.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
religious legislation
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series of laws ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Church of England
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Nonconformist Protestants ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Restoration of the monarchy
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surface form:
Restoration of the Stuart monarchy
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| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| endTime | late 17th century ⓘ |
| field |
English law
ⓘ
church–state relations ⓘ |
| followedBy | Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Acts of Uniformity
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Uniformity 1662
Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later religious toleration debates in England ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
imposed geographic restrictions on Nonconformist ministers
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penalized attendance at unauthorized religious meetings ⓘ required use of Book of Common Prayer ⓘ restricted Nonconformist public office holding ⓘ |
| location | England ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ |
| opposedGroup |
Baptists
ⓘ
Congregationalism ⓘ
surface form:
Congregationalists
Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterians
Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form:
Quakers
|
| parliament | Cavalier Parliament ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Stuart period
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surface form:
English Restoration
|
| precededBy | Interregnum religious policies ⓘ |
| purpose |
enforce religious uniformity
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strengthen the Church of England ⓘ suppress Nonconformist worship ⓘ |
| region | England and Wales ⓘ |
| reignOf | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
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| significantFigure | Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ |
| startTime | 1661 ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction |
civil disabilities on Nonconformists
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religious disabilities on Nonconformists ⓘ |
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Subject: Clarendon Code Description of subject: The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.
Referenced by (8)
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