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Religious Practices at Court

2020
Abstract John oversaw a surprisingly active religious life at court that nonetheless failed to create an aura of pious kingship for him. Despite his reputation for impiety, recent work has shown that John carried out the religious practices expected of kings in his day, such as honouring saints’ relics, giving alms, and supporting ...
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Religious Regulation and the Courts

2004
Throughout the 1990s there was a growing turmoil over interpreting the First Amendment’s free exercise clause on religion. The 1990s opened with the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith (494 U.S. 872, 1990)—a ruling that many contended dispensed with the compelling state interest test previously used by ...
John Wybraniec, Roger Finke
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Religious Plurality at Princely Courts

Early modern European monarchies legitimized their rule through dynasty and religion, and ideally the divine right of the ruler corresponded with the confession of the territory. It has thus been assumed that at princely courts only a single confession was present.
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