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The Elizabethan Settlement and Recusancy Fines
The Elizabethan Religious Settlement codified the legal separation. While initially aimed at enforcing conformity, it inadvertently created the infrastructure for sustained Catholic identity. Priests trained abroad, particularly at the English College, Rome, returned covertly as "seminary priests." The Act of Association (1581) increased penalties for those actively seeking to reconcile others to Rome, treating it as a form of high treason, though convictions f…