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The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
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Edict of Torda
Religious decree in early modern Europe in 1568
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Disputed King of Hungary from 1540 to 1551 and 1556 to 1570
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Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
Region of Hungary controlled by the Zápolya family (1526-51, 1556-70), Ottoman vassal
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