Talk:Recusancy
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[edit] Factual errors
This article contains factual errors. The first acts against recusants were far earlier in Elizabeths reign. I suspect their to be other mistakes but I only know enough to be suspicious of it. Recusancy usually refers specifically to non attendance of Roman Catholics to the Church of England. Penalties were usually in the form of fines. If you wish to know something about this topic I suggest you go elsewhere. Most historical articles in Wikipedia either contain glaring errors or do not keep up with recent scolarship. This is largely culled from one article written 100 years ago, as are many other articles. Unsigned edit by User 80.1.72.245 on 22 March 2006
- The upshot is, the article clearly cites it's single source as being a book which is in the public domain, which was published about 100 years ago. That at least, is more than a lot of religious works do. Not many of them even bother to cite that they are referencing a work which is a transcription of oral histories first written down over 2000 years ago, which has been shown to contain glaring historical errors by people who would be best served by showing that in fact the Bible is 100% accurate portrayal of fact. --Garrie 22:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
While the article notes the extent, indeed subsequently, that the term 'recusant' became applied to Catholics, it might help if it elucidated why this definition was narrowed. My memory's a little vague on the subject, but as I recall the dissenters were willing to attend Anglican services with the minimum necessary number of times - resulting in later laws against occasional attendance. While some Catholics also held minimal attendance, it was less frequent due to their theology that forcefully condemned attending Anglican services. Atheists had even less problems with nominal attendance, and the Jews were expulsed in Elizabeth's reign. Or something like that, I'm working from memory and not especially knowledagable about English history, but I do feel that this development should be discussed more in the article. Arrogant Papist 21:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
