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Imperial Diet at Augsburg, 1566

Type Event Region Germany Time 1566

The Imperial Diet convened at Augsburg in 1566 was a key political forum for Maximilian II early in his reign to address the Protestant-Catholic conf…

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  1. 1566Augsburg · GermanyMaximilian II summoned representatives of the imperial estates to meet at Augsburg; the foremost topic was how to maintain confessional peace after the 1555 Peace of Augsburg and handle disputes over church property and freedom of belief, with the Protestant and Catholic electors clearly opposed.
  2. 1566Augsburg · GermanyThe latter half of the Diet turned to common imperial defense, discussing responses to Ottoman expansion and the sharing of military costs. Some consensus was reached, but the religious question was not fundamentally resolved, planting seeds for the tensions preceding the Thirty Years' War.

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