Declaration of Indulgence

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The Declaration of Indulgence was a royal proclamation by James II of England in 1687–1688 that suspended penal laws against Catholics and Protestant dissenters in an attempt to promote religious toleration and expand royal prerogative.

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Generate an image of the Declaration of Indulgence (The Declaration of Indulgence was a royal proclamation by James II of England in 1687–1688 that suspended penal laws against Catholics and Protestant dissenters in an attempt to promote religious toleration and expand royal prerogative.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal instrument ⓘ
royal proclamation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Declaration for Liberty of Conscience ⓘ
challengedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
consequence contributed to the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
heightened distrust of James II ⓘ
constitutionalIssue conflict with parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
use of royal dispensing power ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateIssued 1687 ⓘ
1688 ⓘ
extendedTo Scotland ⓘ
geographicalScope England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart
inspiredBy James II’s pro-Catholic policies ⓘ
issuedBy James II of England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
religious law ⓘ
legalEffect dispensed with statutory requirements enforcing religious uniformity ⓘ
suspended penal laws for religious nonconformity ⓘ
legalStatus royal proclamation ⓘ
locationIssued England ⓘ
monarch James II of England ⓘ
opposedBy Anglican clergy ⓘ
Church of England bishops ⓘ
Tories ⓘ
linked to: Tory
partOf English constitutional history ⓘ
politicalContext reign of James II ⓘ
tensions between Crown and Parliament ⓘ
precededBy Clarendon Code ⓘ
Test Acts ⓘ
linked to: Test Act 1673
purpose expand royal prerogative ⓘ
promote religious toleration ⓘ
suspend penal laws against Catholics ⓘ
suspend penal laws against Protestant dissenters ⓘ
relatedEvent Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Trial of the Seven Bishops ⓘ
religiousPolicy toleration of Protestant Nonconformists ⓘ
toleration of Roman Catholics ⓘ
repealedBy Act of Parliament after the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
subjectMatter religious toleration in England ⓘ
supportedBy English Catholics ⓘ
many Protestant dissenters ⓘ
year 1687 ⓘ
1688 ⓘ

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James II of England → legalActAssociated → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
William Sancroft → opposedTo → Declaration of Indulgence (1687–1688) ⓘ
subject linked to: Archbishop William Sancroft
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Charles II of England → issued → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Seven Bishops → opposed → James II's Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → mainSubject → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → alsoKnownAs → James II’s Declaration for Liberty of Conscience ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → hasPart → English Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → hasPart → Scottish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → hasPart → Irish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Cabal ministry → significantEvent → Declaration of Indulgence (1672) ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Court of James II of England → linkedEvent → Declaration of Indulgence (1687) ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Francis Turner → opposedTo → James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Thomas Ken → opposed → James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
John Lake → opposed → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Jonathan Trelawny → associatedWith → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Thomas White → opposed → James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Persecution of Quakers in England → turningPoint → Declaration of Indulgence 1672 ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence
Stuart succession crisis → significantEvent → Issuance of the Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Indulgence