Dr Francis Young

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Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | professional indexer | Reader in the CofE | tutor for @OxfordConted

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Recusancy laws in England targeted Catholics but also caught nonconformists; and on at least two occasions Jews were fined for recusancy, in 1577 and 1686. The first case is curious, because there weren't supposed to be any Jews in England at the tim

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