Warsaw Confederation (1573) guaranteeing religious freedoms
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The Warsaw Confederation of 1573 was a landmark act of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that established one of Europe’s earliest formal guarantees of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence among diverse Christian denominations.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
legal act
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political confederation → religious tolerance act → |
| aimedAt |
maintaining internal peace
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preventing religious civil war → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Confederation of Warsaw
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| appliedTo |
burghers in royal cities
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nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → |
| category |
History of Poland (1569–1795)
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Legal history of Poland → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth law → Religious freedom → |
| confirmedBy |
Henri de Valois as elected king of Poland
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subsequent elected kings of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → |
| considered |
a foundation of Polish religious tolerance tradition
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one of the earliest European guarantees of religious tolerance → |
| context |
interregnum after the death of King Sigismund II Augustus
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| country |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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| date |
1573
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| enshrined |
equality of Christian confessions for nobles
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| excluded |
Jews
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Orthodox peasants → peasants → |
| guaranteed |
freedom of conscience
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peaceful coexistence of Christian denominations → religious freedom → |
| influenced |
later concepts of religious tolerance in Central Europe
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religious policy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → |
| inspiredBy |
tradition of religious pluralism in the Commonwealth
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| integratedInto |
Polish–Lithuanian constitutional system
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| language |
Latin
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Polish → |
| legalStatus |
binding pact of the nobility
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| location |
General Sejm in Warsaw
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| precededBy |
death of Sigismund II Augustus in 1572
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| prohibited |
religious persecution
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use of force in religious disputes → |
| recognized |
Calvinism
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Eastern Orthodoxy among nobles → Lutheranism → Polish Brethren (Arians) in practice → Roman Catholicism → |
| relatedTo |
Henrician Articles
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| resultedIn |
formalization of multi-confessional state
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| signatories |
Lithuanian nobility
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Polish nobility → representatives of royal cities → |
| signedBy |
Catholic nobles
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Protestant nobles → |
| signedIn |
Warsaw
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Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
("Warsaw Confederation")
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legalAct |