Clarendon Code

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religious legislation series of laws

The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.

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Label	Occurrences
Clarendon Code canonical	8

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	religious legislation ⓘ series of laws ⓘ
appliesTo	Church of England ⓘ Nonconformist Protestants ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ surface form: Restoration of the Stuart monarchy
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime	late 17th century ⓘ
field	English law ⓘ church–state relations ⓘ
followedBy	Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Acts of Uniformity ⓘ surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662 Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
influenced	later religious toleration debates in England ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalEffect	imposed geographic restrictions on Nonconformist ministers ⓘ penalized attendance at unauthorized religious meetings ⓘ required use of Book of Common Prayer ⓘ restricted Nonconformist public office holding ⓘ
location	England ⓘ
namedAfter	Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
opposedGroup	Baptists ⓘ Congregationalism ⓘ surface form: Congregationalists Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterians Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakers
parliament	Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
politicalContext	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: English Restoration
precededBy	Interregnum religious policies ⓘ
purpose	enforce religious uniformity ⓘ strengthen the Church of England ⓘ suppress Nonconformist worship ⓘ
region	England and Wales ⓘ
reignOf	Charles II of England ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
significantFigure	Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
startTime	1661 ⓘ
typeOfRestriction	civil disabilities on Nonconformists ⓘ religious disabilities on Nonconformists ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Restoration → keyEvent → Clarendon Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Restoration (England)

Restoration of the monarchy → followedBy → Clarendon Code ⓘ

Declaration of Indulgence → precededBy → Clarendon Code ⓘ

Toleration Act 1689 → precededBy → Clarendon Code ⓘ

Cavalier Parliament → enacts → Clarendon Code ⓘ

Acts of Uniformity → partOf → Clarendon Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662

Nonconformism in England → associatedWith → Clarendon Code ⓘ

Persecution of Quakers in England → relatedTo → Clarendon Code ⓘ