Peace of Augsburg
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Reformation, Wars, Battles, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, German History
- Geographical Location: Germany
- Date: September 25, 1555
Article abstract: The Peace of Augsburg brings a conclusion to the first religious war of the Reformation era and lays the foundation for later German developments.
Summary of Event
The Truce of Passau, which ended the Wars of the Schmalkaldic League in August, 1552, specified the speedy summoning of a diet to settle religious issues on a basis more favorable to the Lutherans than the Augsburg Interim of 1548. Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and chief advocate of the Catholic position in Germany, wrote to his brother Archduke Ferdinand that, because of...
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