History A-Level
Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession
What Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession
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Intensified between 1660 and 1688, as the Test Act 1673, the Popish Plot 1678 and the Exclusion Crisis 1679–81 targeted Catholic office-holding and the succession of James, Duke of York.
Topics that use Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession
- Religion: conflict and dissent, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Catholic court influence
- Clarendon Code
- Presbyterianism
- Puritanism
- The exclusion of Catholics from religious toleration
- Declaration of Indulgence
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