History A-Level
The exclusion of Catholics from religious toleration
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During the Restoration, Parliament ensured this, while Charles II and James II attempted to include Catholics via the 1672 and 1687 Declarations of Indulgence, which Parliament forced to be withdrawn or resisted.
Topics that use The exclusion of Catholics from religious toleration
- Religion: conflict and dissent, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession
- Catholic court influence
- Clarendon Code
- Presbyterianism
- Puritanism
- Declaration of Indulgence
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