The Conventicle Act 1664

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Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:consequences Fines for attending unlawful assemblies
Strengthened dissenting movements
gptkbp:context gptkb:Restoration_period_in_England
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence_on_English_dissenting_traditions
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_England
Conventicle Act 1670
gptkbp:enforces Local magistrates
Resistance from local communities
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-English Civil War
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Foundation for modern religious liberty
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Debate over state control of religion
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part_of_broader_anti-Puritan_measures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Conventicle Act 1664
gptkbp:impact Increased underground religious gatherings
gptkbp:is_used_in Influence on later religious freedom debates
gptkbp:judges Court cases against enforcement
gptkbp:legalStatus Part_of_English_law_until_repealed
gptkbp:legislation Part of the Clarendon Code
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Toleration_Act_1689
Five Mile Act 1665
gptkbp:publicAccess Opposition from dissenters
gptkbp:purpose Suppress nonconformist religious meetings
gptkbp:relatedEvent The Act of Uniformity 1662
The Great Ejection
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkb:John_Bunyan
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkbp:relatedTo Religious persecution
gptkbp:targets Nonconformists
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1664