History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.375
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.375
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²⁴²³ Vide Lecky's work, vol. II p. 5 for these instances (ed. of 1890). The Toleration Act (1689) in England expressly excluded Catholics and Unitarians from the benefits of the Act. In 1401 the English Parliament passed the Statute for the burning of heretics which was not repealed until the Stuarts came back. Vide 'Conscience and Liberty' by Robert S W. Pollard (1940) pages 46-48, for harsh laws in force in England a little over one hundred years ago against non-Conformists and Roman Catholics