Acts of Uniformity

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The Acts of Uniformity were a series of English laws that mandated the use of the Book of Common Prayer and imposed religious conformity within the Church of England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
English statute
series of laws
appliesTo Church of England
clergy of the Church of England
public worship services
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
effect ejection of nonconforming clergy
legal enforcement of Anglican liturgy
penalties for nonconformist worship
enforcedUseOf Book of Common Prayer in public worship
hasPart Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act of Uniformity 1549

Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act of Uniformity 1552

Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act of Uniformity 1559

Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662
jurisdiction Parliament of England
language English
legalConsequence disqualification of nonconforming ministers
fines for absence from Anglican services
legalStatus statute law
mainSubject Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer
surface form: Book of Common Prayer 1549

Book of Common Prayer
surface form: Book of Common Prayer 1552

Book of Common Prayer
surface form: Book of Common Prayer 1559

Book of Common Prayer
surface form: Book of Common Prayer 1662

religious conformity
opposedBy Nonconformist Protestants
surface form: English Nonconformists

Puritanism
surface form: Puritans
partOf Clarendon Code
Elizabethan religious settlement
surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
purpose to impose religious uniformity in public worship
to mandate use of the Book of Common Prayer
reignOf Charles II of England
Edward VI of England
Edward VI of England
Elizabeth I of England
religiousContext Henrician Reformation
surface form: English Reformation

Restoration settlement
religiousDenomination Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
year 1549
1552
1559
1662

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High Commission Court enforces Acts of Uniformity
Clarendon Code hasPart Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662
Clarendon Code enforcement hasPart Acts of Uniformity
subject surface form: Clarendon Code
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662
Elizabethan religious settlement hasPart Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1559
Elizabethan religious settlement hasPart Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Royal Injunctions of 1559
Cavalier Parliament enacts Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662
Acts of Uniformity hasPart Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1549
Acts of Uniformity hasPart Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1552
Acts of Uniformity hasPart Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1559
Acts of Uniformity hasPart Acts of Uniformity self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662
Edward Tudor implementedReform Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1549
Edward Tudor implementedReform Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1552
Nonconformism in England associatedWith Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662
Persecution of Quakers in England legalBasis Acts of Uniformity
this entity surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662