Diploma Leopoldinum

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The Diploma Leopoldinum was a legal document which determined the basic principles of the government of the Principality of Transylvania within the Habsburg Empire.[1][2] The diploma was drafted by Miklós Bethlen, Chancellor of Transylvania.[3][4] The Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, sanctioned it in Vienna on 16 October 1690.[5] The diploma announced on 4 December 1691. The diploma restored civil administration in the principality, and confirmed the traditional liberties of the Three Nations of Transylvania, including the freedom of the four "received" religions.[6][7]

  1. ^ Andea 2005, pp. 354–355.
  2. ^ Davies 2011, p. 4.
  3. ^ Andea 2005, p. 354.
  4. ^ R. Várkonyi 1994, p. 371.
  5. ^ R. Várkonyi 1994, pp. 371, 754.
  6. ^ Andea 2005, p. 355.
  7. ^ R. Várkonyi 1994, p. 372.