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Huguenots

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french protestants seen as minority in Catholic France & persecuted

2
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Parliamentary privilege

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basically legal immunity, due to lack of written Constitution, balance between prerogative and parliamentary privilege was up to interpretation

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Forced loan

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royal prerogative but very little monarchs used it, imprisonment of those who didn’t pay

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Recusancy fines

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fines imposed on those who didn’t attend compulsory Church of England (catholics or puritans mostly)

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Arminianism

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known as anti-Calvinism - technically protestants who didn’t favour more reformation of CofE (seen as close to Catholics)

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predestination

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belief that salvation was chosen by God already, not dependent on life - mostly puritans

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Calvinism

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major protestant denomination

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Calvinism

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dominant branch of Protestantism in Church of England

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Feudal right

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King could grant land to members of Political Nation in exchange for military service/ money

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Monopoly

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exclusive right to provide product/ service given out by Crown

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Great Chain of Being

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idea of ordered society by God, everything linked & must accept place in society

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Prerogative

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power of the Crown, stemming from divine right - included right to call & dissolve Parliament

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Subsidy

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form of economic support to aid Crown policies (warfare), came in form of parliamentary taxation

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Political Nation

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people who had economic, political & social influence (basically land owners) - King was the head

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ante-supper

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court extravagance - two feasts prepared but one was just for show

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imposition

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tax or duty