Caption:
Rudolf II granting the Bohemian Charter aka Letter of Majesty, a 17th-century European document which granted religious tolerance to both Protestant and Catholic citizens living in the estates of Bohemia. Rudolf II, 1552 - 1612. Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I), King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.