Confederation of Warsaw

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The Confederation of Warsaw was a landmark 1573 Polish–Lithuanian act that guaranteed religious freedom and peaceful coexistence among the Commonwealth’s diverse Christian denominations.

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Confederation of Warsaw canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
legal act ⓘ
religious tolerance act ⓘ
adoptedBy Polish nobility ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian senators ⓘ
szlachta ⓘ
aimedAt maintaining internal peace ⓘ
preventing religious conflicts ⓘ
appliesTo Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Protestants ⓘ
Roman Catholics ⓘ
diverse Christian denominations ⓘ
broaderHistoricalContext European Wars of Religion ⓘ
category Documents of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
History of Lithuania (1569–1795) ⓘ
History of Poland (1569–1795) ⓘ
Legal history of Poland ⓘ
Religious freedom ⓘ
characterizedAs landmark act of religious tolerance ⓘ
contrastedWith St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1573 ⓘ
excluded non-Christian religions from full protection ⓘ
guaranteed freedom of conscience ⓘ
peaceful coexistence of Christian denominations ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
hasEffect institutionalized religious tolerance among nobles ⓘ
limited religious persecution within the Commonwealth ⓘ
influenced European concepts of religious tolerance ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
legalPrinciple equality of Christian confessions before the law ⓘ
non-persecution for religious beliefs ⓘ
legalStatus part of the Henrician Articles tradition ⓘ
place Warsaw ⓘ
politicalContext Polish–Lithuanian interregnum of 1572–1573 ⓘ
politicalSystemContext nobles’ democracy ⓘ
recognizedAs early guarantee of religious freedom in Europe ⓘ
recognizedBy Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
relatedTo Henrician Articles ⓘ
Polish Golden Liberty ⓘ
linked to: Złota wolność
religiousScope Christian denominations only ⓘ
signatories Lithuanian nobles ⓘ
Polish nobles ⓘ
royal officials ⓘ
signedIn Warsaw ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
year 1573 ⓘ

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Warsaw Confederation (1573) → alsoKnownAs → Confederation of Warsaw ⓘ