History A-Level
Religious toleration
What Religious toleration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Religious toleration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Limited toleration for most Protestant dissenters only, allowing worship in licensed meeting houses with oaths and declarations required, while Catholics and non-Trinitarians were excluded.
Topics that use Religious toleration
- How revolutionary, in the years to 1701, was the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Anglican establishment
- constitutional monarchy
- Contract and consent
- Financial revolution
- Lawful resistance
- Legal change and local enforcement
- Parliamentary control of finance
- parliamentary supply
Using Religious toleration in the exam
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