1782 AUSTRIA JOSEPH II EDICT OF TOLERATION JEWISH RABBI RELIGIOUS MEDAL JUDAICA

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1782 AUSTRIA JOSEPH II EDICT OF TOLERATION JEWISH RABBI RELIGIOUS MEDAL JUDAICA :
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1782 AUSTRIA JOSEPH II EDICT OF TOLERATION JEWISH RABBI RELIGIOUS MEDAL

1782 Austria Franz Joseph II Edict of Toleration Religious medal. One of the most important religious libertymedals ever issued. The Edict of Toleration and religious freedom granted to Jews andProtestants. Obverse: Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph II to right.Obverse: rabbi, priest and pastorunderan eagle. Medal has the typical copper plug, as made.Tin, 44 mm\', 3 mm\' thick, 29.80 gr\'.

The 1782 Edict of Tolerancewas a religiousreform of Joseph II during the time he was emperor of the Habsburg Monarchy aspart of his policy of Josephinism, a series of drastic reforms to remodelAustria in the form of the ideal Enlightened state. Joseph II\'s enlighteneddespotism included the Patent of Toleration, enacted in 1781, and the Edict ofTolerance in 1782. The Patent of Toleration granted religious freedom to theLutherans, Calvinists, and Greek Orthodox, but it wasn\'t until the 1782 Edictof Tolerance that Joseph II extended religious freedom to the Jewishpopulation.

Austriahas had a long history on the subject of religious tolerance. This can betraced back to the 16th century when Martin Luther’s writings first appeared inthe Habsburg monarchy in Austria. The appearance of Luther’s writings wasthreatening since they encouraged religious dissent of the Catholic faith, andits ecclesiastical system. Joseph II was also inspired by economic motives asthe emigration of the Protestant population out of Austria would haveeventually lead up to an economic class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-offeri: embed; \">For condition, please look at the pictures.

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