Clarendon Code
What Clarendon Code means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Measures after 1660 that excluded dissenters: the Corporation Act 1661, Act of Uniformity 1662, Conventicle Act 1664 and Five Mile Act 1665.
The means by which the Cavalier Parliament enforced the restoration of a rigid Church of England, rejecting comprehension.
The oppressive religious settlement under Charles II that targeted Dissenters.
Topics that use Clarendon Code
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – From Republic to restored and limited monarchy, 1649–1678 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Religion: conflict and dissent, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Puritanism
- 1689 Toleration Act
- Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession
- Arminianism
- Army vs Parliament
- Catholic court influence
- Catholic influence at Court
- Constitutional change
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