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Invictissimi Rudolphi II. Electi Romanor. Imperatoris, et In Hungaria Boemiaque Regis, pro libero exercitio religionis Augustanae confessionis in Silesia, clementissima confirmatio : dominorum principum ac statuum legatis ... Dn. Weighardo De Promnitz, L. Baroni in Soravia, Triebel, Plesna, Hoierswerda & Falcoberga; Joanni-Georgio A Zedlitz In Stroppa; Sigismundo De Burghaus In Stoltz; Andreae Geislero, U.I.D. Legnesio-Bregensi Consiliario, itemque Statuum Ordinario; & Wenceslao Ottero, Senatori Suidn. XXVIII. Augusti Anno M.DC.IX. concessa
Emperor Rudolf II issued these legal protections to secure the survival of the Augsburg Confession in a volatile era. Readers will discover how the Estates codified their own security and forced the hand of Imperial authority to prevent religious persecution.