Edict of toleration
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An edict of toleration is a declaration made by a government or ruler and states that members of a given religion will not be persecuted for engaging in their religious practices and traditions. The edict implies tacit acceptance of the religion rather than its endorsement by the ruling power.
[edit] Edicts of toleration in history
Below are specific edicts that have been issued:
- 1562 - The Edict of Saint-Germain was an edict of limited toleration issued by Catherine de Medici (currently the regent for the young Charles IX of France) that ended insistent persecution of non-Catholics (mostly Huguenots). The persecution was a result of the Concordat of Bologna (1516). A massacre of Huguenots a few weeks later began open hostilities in the French Wars of Religion.
- 1787 - An Edict of Toleration issued by Louis XVI that ended persecutions of non-Catholics including Huguenots.
