History A-Level
Religious toleration and conflict
What Religious toleration and conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Religious toleration and conflict
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Oldenbarnevelt curbed Calvinist excesses by promoting toleration and civic order, preventing strict Calvinists from dominating the state.
Topics that use Religious toleration and conflict
- Securing the independence of the United Provinces, 1584–1609 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Causes of Spanish failure
- De facto independence
- Diplomacy and truce
- English and French interventions
- Financial and military weakness
- Growing divergence of north and south
- Impact on the Dutch Revolt and independence
- International involvement in the Dutch Revolt
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