In paragraph 5 of the Westphalian Peace Treaty, the conflicting parties talk about the reasons of the Thirty Years’ War. They agree on the fact that the religious fight between the Catholics and the Protestants in the German Empire has ...
‘Well this is how it happened (coughs). I was with my wife in the field until one o’clock. At one we came home, we had lunch and we sat in front of the house, we had a chair, like this. As we sat down, gunshots from above started. The ...
Section 7.1. of the OFA reads as follows: ‘7.1. With respect to emblems, next to the emblem of the Republic of Macedonia, local authorities will be free to place on front of local public buildings emblems marking the identity of ...
The tenth article of the declaration states the following with regard to religion: ‘No one should be disturbed for his opinions, even in religion. This is on condition that their manifestation does not trouble public order as ...
‘You may know that I am willing to encourage the hopeful undertaking of my said loyal and loving subjects. I will secure them in the free exercise of all their civil and religious rights. I will preserve unto them that liberty in the true ...
The eleventh article of the Religioensvrede prohibits the singing of provocative and hurtful songs. Singing together was an important part of Reformed religious practice, but it irritated Catholics. For example, on Christmas Day 1562, the Catholic ...
In many Austrian school textbooks, the actions of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (1741–92) are discussed. He was one of the most radical reformers of the Enlightenment era. It is stated that Joseph II opposed the actions of earlier rulers of ...
Textbooks about antiquity usually deal with religion in the Roman Empire. But they usually do not have long discussions about religious toleration. A German textbook from Bavaria is an exception. It says that religious toleration helped the Romans ...
The Congress of Vienna also tried to write a new German Constitution. One draft version of 1815 contained the following clause: ‘The Jews will, as long as they take up all citizen duties, have the corresponding citizen rights. ...
The Chinese-American scholar Whalen Lai gives his opinion on Ashoka’s ideas in the journal Buddhist-Christian Studies (2010). Lai argues that Emperor Ashoka actually annoyed the Buddhist monks with his edicts. The monks liked to be self-governed, ...
