Patent of Toleration

The patent of toleration was an edict issued in 1781 by the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II of Austria. [cite journal | title=Intolerance and discrimination | author=Jürgen Habermas | publisher=Oxford University Press and New York University School of Law | journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law | volume=1 | issue=1 | year=2003 | pages=2–12 | doi=10.1093/icon/1.1.2 | url=http://icon.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/1/1/2 Page 2.] The Patent extended religious freedom to non-Catholic Christians living in Habsburg lands, including: Lutherans, Calvinists, and the Greek Orthodox. [cite web | author=Macartney, C. A. | url=http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/macartney/macartney11.htm | work=Hungary - A Short History | title=6. Renaissance and reform] [cite web | url=http://countrystudies.us/hungary/19.htm | title=Enlightened Absolutism | work=Hungary: A Country Study | author=Stephen R. Burant, ed. | publisher=GPO for the Library of Congress | year=1989] However, Joseph II of Austria rescinded his own toleration patent while on his deathbed.Fact|date=August 2007 The Patent was originally called the "Divine Send of Equal Liberties" but this was further put down by the monarch's advisor. Fact|date=August 2007

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