James II and the Three Questions: Religious Toleration and the Landed Classes, 1687-1688

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 15; p. 145
• Main Author: Raffe, Alasdair
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2011
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature

To this end, the king instructed the lords lieutenant to undertake a county-by-county survey of the views of justices of the peace and other gentlemen. The first asked each respondent whether, if he were elected to parliament, he would support the repeal of the penal laws against non- Anglican worsh...