Dissenters

E452381

Dissenters were English Protestants who separated from or refused to conform to the doctrines and practices of the established Church of England, often facing legal and social penalties for their nonconformity.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
English Dissenters 40
Dissenters canonical 2
Nonconformists 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English Protestants ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
advocated congregational autonomy ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters

Nonconformists ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
associatedWith chapels ⓘ
meeting houses ⓘ
broaderConcept Protestant Nonconformity ⓘ
religious dissent ⓘ
continuedToFace civil disabilities after 1689 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
criticized state church system ⓘ
demanded freedom of conscience ⓘ
freedom of worship ⓘ
excludedFrom Cambridge University ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
public office in England ⓘ
experienced periodic persecution ⓘ
social discrimination ⓘ
faced legal penalties ⓘ
social penalties ⓘ
hadRightToWorshipRecognizedBy Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
includedGroup Baptists ⓘ
Congregationalists ⓘ
Independents ⓘ
Presbyterians ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

Quakers ⓘ
influenced development of English Nonconformist churches ⓘ
religious toleration in Britain ⓘ
rise of evangelicalism in Britain ⓘ
languageUsedBy English ⓘ
legalStatus nonconformist ⓘ
motivatedBy opposition to state control of the church ⓘ
theological convictions ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Book of Common Prayer ⓘ
episcopal church governance ⓘ
opposedTo Church of England ⓘ
refusedToConformTo doctrines of the Church of England ⓘ
practices of the Church of England ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
separatedFrom Church of England ⓘ
subjectTo Act of Uniformity 1662 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Clarendon Code ⓘ
Test Acts ⓘ
linked to: Test Act 1673

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (47)

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

Clarendon Code → opposedGroup → Dissenters ⓘ
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
Daventry Academy → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Charles Morton’s academy at Newington Green → religiousAffiliation → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Pilgrim Separatists → partOf → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Hoxton Academy → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Hoxton Academy → affiliation → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Coward College → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Warrington Academy → religiousOrientation → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Bristol Baptist Academy → associatedWith → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Kendal Academy → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Kendal Academy → controlledBy → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Northampton Academy → religiousAffiliation → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Philip Doddridge → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Taunton Academy → historicalContext → English Dissenters and Nonconformity ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Newington Green Unitarian Church → associatedWith → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Anna Laetitia Aikin → influencedBy → Rational Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Palgrave Academy → religiousAffiliation → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Homerton Academy → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Caleb Ashworth → memberOf → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Congregational churches in the United Kingdom → historicalContext → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
New College, Hackney → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Isaac Watts → denomination → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Nonconformist Protestants → alsoKnownAs → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Nonconformist Protestants → alsoKnownAs → Nonconformists ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Dissenters → alsoKnownAs → Nonconformists ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Dissenters → alsoKnownAs → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Samuel Shore → movement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Charles Morton → religiousMovement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Charles Morton → movement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
William Coward → religiousMovement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
William Bates (minister) → movement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Richard Clifton → associatedWith → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Amsterdam English Separatist congregation → partOfMovement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
The Family Expositor → associatedWith → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
John Taylor of Norwich → movement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Lindsey’s Essex Street Chapel congregation → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
John Seddon → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
John Seddon → movement → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Palgrave boarding school → associatedWith → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Aikin family → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Philip Doddridge’s academy at Northampton → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
English Reformation dissenting movements → hasPart → Ranters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Academy at Tewkesbury → operatedBy → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
Academy at Tewkesbury → religiousTradition → English Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters