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Edict on Idle Institutions
The Edict on Idle Institutions outlawed contemplative monastic orders. The act, which Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor created, permitted only monastic orders that dealt with teaching, nursing and other practical work within the Holy Roman Empire.
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