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Religion, Fear and Resolution Exhibition Board 2 Religion, fear, and resolution Religious differences have sparked fear and inspired political Image of the seven bishops. From The movements in many countries over the centuries. In England, the proceedings and tryal in the reformation introduced by Henry VIII began a long process of case of the Most Reverend Father in God William Lord change, bringing intellectual debate, dissent and cultural Archbishop of Canterbury achievement alongside violent plots linked to foreign powers. ... in the fourth year of the reign of King James the Second, (London, 1716). By the 1680s, after the bitter experience of the civil war, there The continuing relevance of earlier religious debates is was a common perception that a person’s religion could predict seen in this 1716 edition of their loyalty to the country’s Protestant interests. Catholics were the 1688 trial. Special Collection DA452.S2 mistrusted because of their allegiance to the Pope and because of England’s enmity with Catholic France and Spain. The arrival of Huguenots, fleeing religious persecution in France, encouraged such fears, which grew as the Catholic convert James II ruled without parliament and appointed Catholics to influential offices. In April 1688 direct conflict came when James II reissued his Declaration of Indulgence, giving toleration to Catholics and Protestant dissenters. Seven bishops became national heroes when their opposition brought imprisonment in the Tower of London. The birth of James’s son in 1688, led to fears of a Catholic succession and prompted an invitation to William of Orange to protect England’s Protestant interest. The peaceful settlement achieved in England in 1688-89, and its parliamentary legacy, stands in contrast to the military conflicts of William and James in Ireland, with their equally enduring traditions of religious and political difference. Title of a sermon preached in Dublin in thanksgiving for the ‘reduction of Ireland’, 26 Nov. 1691. Portland Collection Pw V 74. Protestant dissenters secured greater freedom through the Toleration Act of 1689. In early 18th century England the political dimension of religious difference was most often seen as varieties of Protestant position. The Tories, who supported the ritual and traditions of the Church of England, were contrasted with the Whigs, who were The Protestant’s Companion: or an impartial survey generally less opposed to List of people who contributed towards building a Dissenting of the Protestant religion, as by law established; Protestant nonconformity. Meeting House in Castlegate, Nottingham, 29 May 1689. The roots with the main doctrines of popery, (London, 1685). of Castle Gate Church lay in the Presbyterian congregations which Historical Association Archive HAn/15/6/1. Both William and Mary and met in Nottingham in the 1650s. A meeting house on Castle Gate in Queen Anne struggled to Nottingham was registered and built in 1689 when the Act of balance the power and Toleration allowed for the registration of Protestant congregations. Castle Gate Collection CU/S 1/1 Left: Proclamation concerning Papists and other aspirations of the political disaffected persons, 9 April 1691. A belief that all factions and the religious Catholics might be a threat to the peace is shown in this royal proclamation for Westminster and the City identities they represented. of London, instructing them to return to their homes and ordering officers to watch out for an uprising by Lakeside Arts Centre, Weston Gallery Exhibitions: ‘The New State of England’? The Glorious Revolution and its aftermath in the historic collections of The University of Nottingham (2011) Catholics. Mellish Collection Me 2 P 3.
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