History A-Level

Protestant Dissenters

What Protestant Dissenters means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.

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A permanent class, such as Quakers and Baptists, who faced severe persecution and exclusion from public life under the Clarendon Code.

AQA · 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – From Republic to restored and limited monarchy, 1649–1678 (A-level only) (study guide)

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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)

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