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The Reformation · 28 January 1573
The Warsaw Confederation
The Polish nobility
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What it is
A sworn agreement among nobles of differing religions that they will not shed blood over faith, made a condition of every subsequent royal election.
Why it lasted
The first general guarantee of religious liberty enacted in Europe, six months after the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre in France.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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