Persecution of Quakers in England

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historical event religious persecution

The Persecution of Quakers in England refers to the widespread legal and social repression faced by the Religious Society of Friends in the 17th century, including imprisonment, fines, and violence for their dissenting religious beliefs and practices.

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Label	Occurrences
Persecution of Quakers in England canonical	1
Quakers in England	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ
appliesTo	Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakers
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime	late 17th century ⓘ
hasCause	Quaker belief in inner light ⓘ Quaker rejection of church hierarchy ⓘ refusal to attend Anglican services ⓘ refusal to pay tithes ⓘ refusal to swear oaths ⓘ religious nonconformity ⓘ
hasEffect	Quaker emigration to North America ⓘ confiscation of property ⓘ fines imposed on Quakers ⓘ growth of Quaker communities in the American colonies ⓘ imprisonment of Quakers ⓘ physical violence against Quakers ⓘ social ostracism of Quakers ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Restoration era Stuart England ⓘ
legalBasis	Acts of Uniformity ⓘ surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662 Blasphemy laws ⓘ Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ surface form: Conventicle Act 1670 Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ oath laws ⓘ vagrancy laws ⓘ
mainSubject	Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
opposedBy	Quaker leaders ⓘ some sympathetic magistrates ⓘ
persecutedBy	Anglican authorities ⓘ local magistrates ⓘ monarchical government of England ⓘ
relatedTo	Clarendon Code ⓘ English Civil War ⓘ English Reformation ⓘ Nonconformist persecution in England ⓘ Restoration of Charles II ⓘ
resultedIn	development of Quaker testimonies on peace and equality ⓘ legal toleration of Quakers after 1689 ⓘ strengthening of Quaker identity ⓘ
significantEvent	disruption of Quaker meetings ⓘ imprisonment of George Fox ⓘ imprisonment of James Nayler ⓘ imprisonment of Margaret Fell ⓘ public whippings of Quakers ⓘ seizure of Quaker meeting houses ⓘ
startTime	mid-17th century ⓘ
turningPoint	Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Indulgence 1672 Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ

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George Fox → participantIn → Persecution of Quakers in England ⓘ

Nonconformism in England → includes → Persecution of Quakers in England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quakers in England