Warsaw Confederation
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The Warsaw Confederation was a landmark 1573 Polish–Lithuanian act that guaranteed religious freedom and tolerance for the nobility, becoming one of Europe’s earliest formal protections of religious liberty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Warsaw Confederation canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
confederation
ⓘ
legal act ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
maintain internal peace in the Commonwealth
ⓘ
prevent religious civil war ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Polish–Lithuanian nobility
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
szlachta ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | early modern period ⓘ |
| country | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 28 January 1573 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cornerstone of Polish religious tolerance
ⓘ
one of the earliest European legal guarantees of religious freedom ⓘ |
| field |
church–state relations
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| follows | death of Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ |
| genre | political agreement ⓘ |
| hasCause | interregnum after the extinction of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
institutionalization of religious pluralism among elites
ⓘ
strengthening of noble self-government ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
guaranteed religious freedom for the nobility
ⓘ
legal protection of religious dissenters among nobility ⓘ |
| hasPart |
mutual guarantee of security for all nobles regardless of religion
ⓘ
oath to maintain religious peace ⓘ |
| inception | 1573 ⓘ |
| influenced | later Polish–Lithuanian religious policy ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding act of the nobility confederation ⓘ |
| location | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
religious freedom
ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some Catholic clergy ⓘ |
| participant |
Catholic nobles
ⓘ
Lithuanian nobility ⓘ Orthodox nobles ⓘ Polish nobility ⓘ Protestant nobles ⓘ |
| partOf | Polish interregnum of 1572–1573 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfSigning | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1573 ⓘ |
| prohibits |
religious persecution of nobles
ⓘ
use of force in religious disputes among nobles ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Henrician Articles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish Golden Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor |
development of religious liberty
ⓘ
history of religious tolerance in Europe ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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