English Catholics

E492192

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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholics ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
accusedOf recusancy ⓘ
activeInPeriod 16th century ⓘ
Elizabethan era ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
associatedWith Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
recusant families ⓘ
seminary priests ⓘ
country England ⓘ
educatedAt English College, Douai ⓘ
English College, Rome ⓘ
English College, Valladolid ⓘ
experienced partial relief under James II ⓘ
faced legal penalties ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
social marginalization ⓘ
gainedCivilRightsUnder Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
governedUnder Penal Laws ⓘ
involvedIn Gunpowder Plot ⓘ
linked to: The Gunpowder Plot
language English ⓘ
maintained Catholic liturgy ⓘ
Catholic sacraments ⓘ
loyalty to the Pope ⓘ
opposed English Reformation ⓘ
Protestant Reformation in England ⓘ
linked to: English Reformation
persecutedUnder Charles II of England ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
populationGroupOf England ⓘ
produced Catholic martyrs ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
restrictedFrom attending universities ⓘ
holding public office ⓘ
openly practicing their religion ⓘ
sitting in Parliament ⓘ
subjectTo Act of Supremacy 1559 ⓘ
Act of Uniformity 1559 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Recusancy laws ⓘ
Test Acts ⓘ
supportedBy Catholic gentry ⓘ
Catholic nobility ⓘ
venerated Forty Martyrs of England and Wales ⓘ
victimsOf Popish Plot hysteria ⓘ
anti-Catholic legislation ⓘ
anti-Catholic propaganda ⓘ
worshippedIn private chapels ⓘ
secret Mass houses ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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 → Catholic community in England ⓘ
linked to: English Catholics
Feast of Saint Thomas Becket → observedBy → English Catholics ⓘ
English Jesuits → servedCommunity → English recusants ⓘ
linked to: English Catholics
Pseudo-Martyr → intendedAudience → English Catholics ⓘ
Henry Garnet → movement → English Recusancy ⓘ
linked to: English Catholics
Titus Oates → opposedGroup → Roman Catholics in England ⓘ
linked to: English Catholics
English Reformation → opposedBy → English Catholics ⓘ