1609 statute by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II on religious tolerance in Bohemia
The Letter of Majesty (1609) was a 17th-century European document, reluctantly signed by Rudolf II in his capacity as king of Bohemia, granting religious tolerance to both Protestant and Catholic citizens living in the estates of Bohemia.[1] The letter also created a Bohemian Protestant State Church, run by said estates.[2] A similar Letter was issued for Silesia, a part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown.
In 1611, Rudolf inexplicably permitted his cousin Archduke Leopold to invade Bohemia with some 7,000 troops. A considerable Bohemian force drove Leopold back from the suburbs of Prague, and the Bohemian Estates called upon Matthias to take over the government of their kingdom.[3]
Following the Bohemian Revolt, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor revoked the Letter of Majesty, going as far as to personally tear up the original document.[citation needed]
The LetterofMajesty (1609) was a 17th-century European document, reluctantly signed by Rudolf II in his capacity as king of Bohemia, granting religious...
Hungary. In 1609, to strengthen his hold on Bohemia, Rudolf issued the LetterofMajesty, which granted Bohemia's largely Protestant estates the right to freely...
religious liberty, issuing his so-called LetterofMajesty in 1609. Still, the Bohemian nobles remained suspicious of Rudolf and in contact with the Protestant...
II in his LetterofMajesty (1609). They preferred the Protestant Frederick V, Elector Palatine (successor of Frederick IV, the creator of the Protestant...
start of the Reformation decades earlier. Particularly galling to Protestants were perceived violations of Emperor Rudolf II's 1609 LetterofMajesty, which...
tolerance from Rudolf II on 25 June 1609. The Silesians received the LetterofMajesty, granting the request, on 20 August. When the Thirty Years' War broke...
Margraviate of Moravia and the Kingdom of Hungary. Matthias affirmed the LetterofMajesty and granted the Silesian estates an independent German chancellery...
with his LetterofMajesty. The privileged position of the Catholic Church in the Czech kingdom was firmly established after the Battle of White Mountain...
the Edict of Fontainebleau. 1609 – The LetterofMajesty by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, valid for the Kingdom of Bohemia and Duchies of Silesia, introduced...
Rudolf was one of the most important art patrons of his time. He held painting in particular esteem and issued a LetterofMajesty to the Prague Painter's...
Archduke of Austria. The Diets of Bohemia confirmed Ferdinand's position as Matthias' successor only after he had promised to respect the LetterofMajesty –...
for over two hundred years. — Norman Davies Edict of Torda Edict of Nantes LetterofMajesty Statute of Kalisz Warsaw Confederation (1704) Stone, Daniel...
Apostolic Majesty was a styled title used by the Kings of Hungary, in the sense of being latter-day apostles of Christianity. The origin of this title...
Rudolph II's LetterofMajesty a larger church in the style of a Roman basilica was built around 1611 for German Lutherans. With the Battle of White Mountain...
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force the emperor Rudolf II to issue LetterofMajesty in 1609, safeguarding the religious freedom in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Rudolf II was succeeded in...
Catholic Ferdinand and the Protestant nobles. The application of the LetterofMajesty was controversial in Bohemia. The Protestants argued that it allowed...
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repudiated the LetterofMajesty. When, in 1618, Ferdinand II sent his representatives, Vilém Slavata of Chlum and Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice, to Prague...
the modern-day U.S. states of Vermont and New York. July 9 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion by a 'LetterofMajesty'. July 10 – The German Catholic...
Christ in Majesty or Christ in Glory (Latin: Maiestas Domini) is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always...
the matter, but Spottorno was not sure that His Majesty's decision was firm. He knew that, in spite of the disrepute into which his reign had fallen and...
Gorkum. 1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the LetterofMajesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II. 1701 – A Bourbon force under...
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