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Statute of Heretics

England · House / House of Lancaster. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1382

John of Gaunt Lancaster, 1st1382

London · House / House of Lancaster

Forbids unlicensed preaching. Allows the burning of heretics by the Statute de Heretico Comburendo

Names involved

John of Gaunt Lancaster, 1st

Provenance

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