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Feb 2021
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310 The English College

DAVID CROWTHER
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By the 1580s, the confessional lines between Protestant and Catholic were increasingly strongly drawn; repressive legislation increased, and the English College was established to renew the stock of priests able to support the Catholic population in England

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