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Habsburg Denominational Politics (Reform Era)
denominational politics
also: hitszabadság, freedom of faith, Catholic-Protestant rivalry
In Hungary's Reform Era (1830s–1848), the Catholic-Protestant divide was actively exploited in electoral politics; promising 'hitszabadság' (freedom of faith) was a standard tool for splitting a rival's voting bloc.
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- Only a Joke §2 papist
In Hungary's Reform Era, Roman Catholic and Protestant communities were rival constituencies; Széphalmi exploits Lorán's Catholicism to split his Protestant voters by raising the banner of 'freedom of faith' (hitszabadság) for Jenő, her Protestant son.