Religious conformity
What Religious conformity means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Religious conformity
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Reference: OCR
Outward compliance with the established Church of England, which the state demanded from all religious groups to maintain political stability.
The Church defined and prosecuted moral offences, such as heresy or working on Sundays.
Topics that use Religious conformity
- British Depth Study: The Elizabethans, 1580–1603 (OCR GCSE)
- Thematic Study: Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Social hierarchy
- Anglo-Spanish conflict
- Authority and control
- Bloody Code
- Changing attitudes to punishment
- Community law enforcement
- Community responsibility
- Community versus state involvement
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