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page 1Christianity and law in the 17th century
Bill of Rights 1689
act of the English Parliament guaranteeing certain rights
Edict of Fontainebleau
1685 French decree
Edict of Restitution
1629 edict of Emperor Ferdinand II to restore the religious and territorial status according to the Peace of Augsburg
Edict of Potsdam
1685 proclamation by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Test Act
any of a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office
Peace of Alès
peace treaty
Act of Toleration 1689
Act of the Parliament of England
Declaration of Indulgence
pair of proclamations made by James II of England and VII of Scotland in 1687
Penal Laws
anti-Catholic laws in Ireland
Corporation Act 1661
United Kingdom legislation
Maryland Toleration Act
1649 religious tolerance act in the Maryland Colony
Act of Uniformity 1662
United Kingdom law of religion and the Church of England
Romanum decet pontificem
1692 papal bull revising laws on cardinal-nephews
Root and Branch
petition present to English Parliament in 1640
Blasphemy Act 1697
United Kingdom legislation