Patent of Toleration (1781)

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The Patent of Toleration (1781) was an edict by Emperor Joseph II that granted limited religious freedom and civil rights to non-Catholic Christians within the Habsburg Monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf edict
imperial decree
legal act
allows Protestant schools under conditions
construction of Protestant churches without visible towers or bells
private Protestant worship
alsoKnownAs Patent of Toleration (1781)
surface form: Edict of Toleration of 1781

Toleranzpatent
appliesTo subjects of the Habsburg Monarchy who were non-Catholic Christians
appliesToJurisdiction Habsburg hereditary lands
surface form: Austrian hereditary lands

Bohemian Crown
surface form: Bohemian Crown lands

parts of the Habsburg Monarchy
confers limited religious freedom
restricted civil rights
country Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
dateIssued 1781
follows reign of Maria Theresa
grantsRightsTo Calvinism
surface form: Calvinists

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutherans

Orthodox Christians
non-Catholic Christians
hasConsequence gradual secularization of state–church relations in Habsburg lands
growth of Protestant communities in the monarchy
hasEffect integration of non-Catholic Christians into Habsburg civil life
legalization of certain Protestant communities
partial end of Catholic monopoly on public religion in the Habsburg Monarchy
hasLanguage German
Latin
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

late 18th century
imposesCondition non-Catholic churches could not display external religious symbols
non-Catholic churches could not have street-facing entrances
non-Catholic communities remained subject to certain Catholic controls
inspiredBy Enlightenment ideas of religious toleration
issuedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg imperial government

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
legalStatusOfCatholicChurch remained state-supported and privileged
limits public expression of non-Catholic worship
mainSubject civil rights of non-Catholics
freedom of worship
religious toleration
partOf Josephinist religious policy
surface form: Josephinism
precedes Edict of Tolerance
surface form: Edict of Tolerance for Jews (1782)
relatedTo Habsburg confessional policy
Joseph II’s church reforms
religiousPolicyOf Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Joseph II
typeOfRestriction did not grant full equality with Catholics

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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor issued Patent of Toleration (1781)
Edict of Tolerance follows Patent of Toleration (1781)
this entity surface form: Patent of Toleration
Patent of Toleration (1781) alsoKnownAs Patent of Toleration (1781)
this entity surface form: Edict of Toleration of 1781