This represented a tremendous change from the Catholic - centered policies of his mother .
His policies included the 1781 Edict of Toleration , in which the Roman Catholic Emperor granted Protestant denominations more equality than in the past .
This represented a tremendous change from the Roman Catholic - centered policies of his mother .
His policies included the 1781 Edict of Toleration , in which the Roman Catholic Emperor granted Protestant denominations more equality than in the past .