The protestant reform’s contribution on the appearance of rights and freedoms

  • Cecilia Rosado-Villaverde Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Keywords: Tolerance, Religious freedom, Protestantism, Rights and freedoms, individualism

Abstract

Our current democracies are inheritors of many of the bases and notions that were consolidated during the liberal States. But the formation of these states was influenced by different aspects that were transcendental in the birth of the liberal political organization. One of them was the religious factor. It can be observed that the religions that spread across Europe and the United States have had a certain influence, to a greater or lesser extent, on the inspiring principles that are included in our constitutional texts. The aim of this work is to highlight the relevance that the Protestant Reforms had in the birth of religious freedom, but also in the very conception of the Bill of Rights of the late eighteenth century.

Received: 15.04.2021
Accepted: 18.06.2021

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Author Biography

Cecilia Rosado-Villaverde, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Profesora Contratada Doctora de Derecho Constitucional

Published
2021-07-07
How to Cite
Rosado-Villaverde, Cecilia. 2021. “The Protestant reform’s Contribution on the Appearance of Rights and Freedoms”. Estudios De Deusto 69 (1), 195-231. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-69(1)-2021pp241-277.
Section
Studies