recusancy
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- Instance of
- violation of law
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Country
- Kingdom of England
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- time period
- Stuart period
- main regulatory text
- Act of Uniformity 1558
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- facet of
- Church of England
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Prominent historical Catholics in the United Kingdom
- Recusant families
- Individuals
- Other countries
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Map of the historic counties of England showing the percentage of registered Catholics in the population in 1715–1720
Recusancy (from ) was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation.
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