Subject: Polish History is amazing
Content: While whole Europe had religous wars, we had peace. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Confederation "The Warsaw Confederation (January 28, 1573), an important development in the history of Poland and Lithuania, is considered the formal beginning of religious freedom in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. While it did not prevent all conflict based on religion, it did make the Commonwealth a much safer and more tolerant place than most of contemporaneous Europe, especially during the subsequent Thirty Years' War." "Religious life in late 16th century Poland, situated between Orthodox Muscovy, Muslim Ottoman Empire and Western Europe, torn between Reformation and Counter-Reformation, was of an exceptional character. This country became what Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius called “a place of shelter for heretics”. It was a place where the most radical religious sects, trying to escape persecution in other countries of the Christian world, sought refuge. All religious sects in Poland enjoyed tolerance as such was the King’s will. The confederation officially legalized this situation and introduced the rule of peaceful co-existence for nobles of all denominations." Polish history is amazing. :) We had everything other European countries are just starting to learn now.
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