| 单词 | bloody statute |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBloody Statute Bloody Statute n. (a popular name for) the Act 31 Hen. VIII. c. 4, called the Law of the Six Articles, imposing severe penalties on those who disputed certain articles of faith (see six adj. and n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > concerning religion Bloody Statutea1648 Five-mile Act1672 Corporation Act1679 test-law1687 Bill of Toleration1692 Test Act1708 Schism Act1733 Schism Bill1733 penal codea1777 Veto Act1835 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. CCxxxiiij Of some it was named the whip withe sixe strynges, and of some other and that of the moste parte, it was named the bloudy statute, for of truth it so in shorte time after skourged a great nombre in the citie of London. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 446 The Six Articles, called by some the Bloody Statute, were also enacted this Parliament [1539]. 1769 E. Lewis Patriot King Displayed xxxii. 180 Dr. London, had caused three persons to be burnt at Windsor, upon the bloody statute, and had formed designs against many others. 1829 C. A. Goodrich Outl. Eccl. Hist. viii. 318 Towards the conclusion of Henry's reign, parliament had passed an act, commonly known by the name of the bloody statute, which consisted of six articles, designed to favour the cause of popery. 1944 F. L. Utley Crooked Rib III. 300 Furnivall believes the ballad may allude to the ‘Bloody Statute’ of 1539. 2008 A. P. Balk Saints & Sinners xxxi. 514 Henry personally pushed through Parliament the ‘Bloody Statute’ of the Six Articles..that imposed severe penalties against most of the standard Protestant beliefs. < as lemmas |
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