7 sentences with 'tolerance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tolerance and other words derived from it.
• « Despite the general policy of religious tolerance, there remained one dominant Persian religion: Zoroastrianism. »
• « These traditions of relative tolerance would continue into the modern era in places like the Ottoman Empire. However, even without forced pressure, many people converted to Islam, either out of a sincere attraction to Islam or out of simple pragmatism; in some cases, Muslim generals rejected attempts to convert the local population because it threatened their tax base too much. »
• « The imperial silk monopoly collapsed and, in contrast to Abbas's pragmatic tolerance of religious minorities, the state (encouraged by conservative Shi'ite clerics) launched waves of persecution against Sunnis, Christians, Jews and Hindus. These groups had been at the heart of Iranian commerce, and thus the brief golden age brought about by Abbas came to an end almost as soon as it began. »
• « In short, the very notion of tolerance, of "live and let live", was almost non-existent in early Europe. »
• « In the end, the "solution" to the French Wars of Religion ended up being political unity rather than religious unity, a conclusion reached by sheer pragmatism rather than any kind of sincere tolerance of difference. »
• « Despite Elizabeth's relative tolerance of religious differences, Britain remained deeply divided. »
• « Ultimately, this greater tolerance and support for science would see the centre of scientific innovation in northwestern Europe, not in the heartland of the earlier Renaissance in Italy. »