Seditious Bookes and Libelles (DRAFT)
The Family of Loue
The proclamation “Against the Sectaries of the Family of Loue” was decreed in order to prosecute these sectarians and their followers, accusing them of heresy. The Elizabethan government and royal house was against Familists and their beliefs, condemning them and
By the Queene: Proclamations
DRAFT – TAPAS links coming soon! In 16th century England, proclamations were circulated to make the public aware of evolving laws and rules surrounding everything from trade, laws about what one could wear (sumptuary laws), plague edicts, religious practices, as