Religious settlement and toleration
What Religious settlement and toleration means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The Cabal's religious toleration aroused parliamentary suspicion, while Charles II favoured religious toleration but was forced to accept the restrictive Clarendon Code.
The Toleration Act formed part of the consolidation in England, while the Claim of Right abolished episcopacy in Scotland.
Topics that use Religious settlement and toleration
- 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)
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – The establishment of constitutional monarchy, 1678–1702 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Army vs Parliament
- Catholic influence at Court
- Clarendon Code
- Constitutional change and parliamentary power
- Constitutional experimentation
- Corruption and patronage
- Crown and Parliament relations
- Exclusion Crisis
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