This week in 1781, the Patent of Toleration providing limited freedom of worship is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
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By limited freedom of worship, it only applies to Christians, those who were not Roman Catholic.
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It was Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of the Austrian Habsburg Dominions in Central Europe who granted the new freedom of religion to the people while maintaining the posture of the Catholic Church.
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