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.

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Label Occurrences
Warsaw Confederation canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf confederation ⓘ
legal act ⓘ
aimsTo maintain internal peace in the Commonwealth ⓘ
prevent religious civil war ⓘ
appliesTo Polish–Lithuanian nobility ⓘ
linked to: Polish nobility

szlachta ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
chronology early modern period ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
placeOfSigning Warsaw ⓘ
pointInTime 1573 ⓘ
prohibits religious persecution of nobles ⓘ
use of force in religious disputes among nobles ⓘ
relatedTo Henrician Articles ⓘ
Polish Golden Liberty ⓘ
linked to: Złota wolność
significantFor development of religious liberty ⓘ
history of religious tolerance in Europe ⓘ

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Union of Lublin → followedBy → Warsaw Confederation ⓘ
Henrician Articles → relatedTo → Warsaw Confederation ⓘ