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1. (in 16th to 18th century England) a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law 2. (formerly, of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | This tax was imposed specifically on Catholic recusants as a punitive contribution to Elizabeth's campaigns against foreign Catholic threats; John Shakespeare's fellow defaulters were all Catholic. He looks at the work of incumbents and then divides his study into certain aspects of parochial life: the ignorant, the indifferent, the Godly, the role of authority, the doubters and scoffers, Recusants and what might be called 'emotional Catholics'. To some Protestant moralists the two-headed child represented England itself, which contained recusants whose allegiance was split between two heads, namely James I and the pope. |
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