English Catholics

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English Catholics were adherents of the Roman Catholic faith in England who resisted the Protestant religious changes of the 16th century and often faced legal penalties and social marginalization for their beliefs.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholics
religious community
accusedOf recusancy
activeInPeriod 16th century
Elizabethan era
Stuart period
Tudor period
linked to: Tudor England
associatedWith Jesuit missionaries
recusant families
seminary priests
country England
educatedAt English College, Douai
English College, Rome
English College, Valladolid
experienced partial relief under James II
faced legal penalties
religious persecution
social marginalization
gainedCivilRightsUnder Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
governedUnder Penal Laws
involvedIn Gunpowder Plot
linked to: The Gunpowder Plot
language English
maintained Catholic liturgy
Catholic sacraments
loyalty to the Pope
opposed English Reformation
Protestant Reformation in England
linked to: English Reformation
persecutedUnder Charles II of England
Elizabeth I of England
James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
populationGroupOf England
produced Catholic martyrs
religion Roman Catholicism
restrictedFrom attending universities
holding public office
openly practicing their religion
sitting in Parliament
subjectTo Act of Supremacy 1559
Act of Uniformity 1559
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Recusancy laws
Test Acts
supportedBy Catholic gentry
Catholic nobility
venerated Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
victimsOf Popish Plot hysteria
anti-Catholic legislation
anti-Catholic propaganda
worshippedIn private chapels
secret Mass houses

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Elizabethan religious settlement opposedBy English Catholics
Popish Plot allegedPerpetrators English Catholics
Edith Pope associatedWith Catholic community in England
linked to: English Catholics
Feast of Saint Thomas Becket observedBy English Catholics
English Jesuits servedCommunity English recusants
linked to: English Catholics
Pseudo-Martyr intendedAudience English Catholics
Henry Garnet movement English Recusancy
linked to: English Catholics
Titus Oates opposedGroup Roman Catholics in England
linked to: English Catholics
English Reformation opposedBy English Catholics