Who persecuted Catholics?

Who persecuted Catholics?

QUEEN MARY I of England is called Bloody Mary because she persecuted Protestants during her short reign (1554-58). Her sister, Elizabeth Tudor, persecuted Catholics during her long reign (1558-1603) and she is called Good Queen Bess.

When did Catholic persecution End in England?

Except during the reign of the Catholic James II (1685-88), Catholicism remained illegal for the next 232 years. — Catholic worship became legal in 1791. The Emancipation Act of 1829 restored most civil rights to Catholics.

Why was Catholicism illegal in England?

In order to cement the power of the Anglican Ascendancy, political and land-owning rights were denied to Ireland's Catholics by law, following the Glorious Revolution in England and consequent turbulence in Ireland.

Is King James a Catholic?

James VI and I was baptised Roman Catholic, but brought up Presbyterian and leaned Anglican during his rule.