recusancy
Sign in to savethumb|Map of the historic counties of England showing the percentage of registered Catholics in the population in 1715–1720
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “recusancy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.