Disambiguation evidence for Warsaw Confederation (1573) guaranteeing religious freedoms via surface form

"Warsaw Confederation (1573)"


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