English Catholics

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English Catholics were adherents of the Roman Catholic faith in England who resisted the Protestant religious changes of the 16th century and often faced legal penalties and social marginalization for their beliefs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
English Catholics canonical 3
Catholic community in England 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholics
religious community
accusedOf recusancy
activeInPeriod 16th century
Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
Stuart period NERFINISHED
Tudor period NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jesuit missionaries
recusant families
seminary priests
country England
educatedAt English College, Douai NERFINISHED
English College, Rome NERFINISHED
English College, Valladolid NERFINISHED
experienced partial relief under James II
faced legal penalties
religious persecution
social marginalization
gainedCivilRightsUnder Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 NERFINISHED
governedUnder Penal Laws NERFINISHED
involvedIn Gunpowder Plot NERFINISHED
language English
maintained Catholic liturgy
Catholic sacraments
loyalty to the Pope
opposed English Reformation NERFINISHED
Protestant Reformation in England NERFINISHED
persecutedUnder Charles II of England NERFINISHED
Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED
James I of England NERFINISHED
populationGroupOf England NERFINISHED
produced Catholic martyrs
religion Roman Catholicism
restrictedFrom attending universities
holding public office
openly practicing their religion
sitting in Parliament
subjectTo Act of Supremacy 1559 NERFINISHED
Act of Uniformity 1559 NERFINISHED
Recusancy laws
Test Acts NERFINISHED
supportedBy Catholic gentry
Catholic nobility
venerated Forty Martyrs of England and Wales NERFINISHED
victimsOf Popish Plot hysteria
anti-Catholic legislation
anti-Catholic propaganda
worshippedIn private chapels
secret Mass houses

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

Elizabethan religious settlement opposedBy English Catholics
Popish Plot allegedPerpetrators English Catholics
Edith Pope associatedWith English Catholics
this entity surface form: Catholic community in England
Feast of Saint Thomas Becket observedBy English Catholics