Religious peace of Kutná Hora () was concluded in March 1485 by the

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Diet in

Kutná Hora Kutná Hora (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora, i ...

between Utraquist Hussites and

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. The agreement between representatives of both sides, reached after meeting from 13 March to 20 March, declared the agreement from the Basel Council the basic law of the land. The Utraquist and the Catholic faiths were declared equal in front of the law, and the religious peace (Landfried) was declared for the following 31 years. This agreement finished a long series of religious conflicts in the Czech lands and constituted a definitive end to the

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.Thomas A. Fudge,
Jan Hus: Religious Reform and Social Revolution in Bohemia
', , p. 173 The Diet in 1512 confirmed the agreement and extended it in perpetuity. Religious peace and tolerance helped for development of the land, but it contributed to the future conflicts of interests between

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and

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* Šmahel, František. ''Husitská revoluce. 4. Epilog bouřlivého věku''. Praha : Karolinum, 1996. 1485 in Europe 1480s treaties Hussite Wars Catholicism and politics Catholic Church in the Czech Republic Political compromises in Europe Religion and peace Hussite history Christian secularism Edicts of toleration 1480s in religion Kutná Hora {{RC-hist-stub

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