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Imperial Diet at Regensburg (1623)
From June to September 1623, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II convened an Imperial Diet at Regensburg, demanding that the estates provide military fun…
Timeline
- 1623Regensburg · BavariaIn June 1623, Ferdinand II convened the Imperial Diet at Regensburg, arguing that the Bohemian rebellion had been suppressed and the Palatinate elector stripped of his offices, and demanding that the estates bear the costs of continued military operations.
- 1623Regensburg · BavariaProtestant electors such as Saxony questioned the legitimacy of the emperor's war expansion and refused to bear the full military costs; Catholic princes and the emperor's camp argued for compulsory levies in the name of imperial security, and the Diet fell into fierce debate.
- 1623Regensburg · BavariaAfter months of negotiation, the Diet passed limited fiscal resolutions: some estates agreed to provide subsidies, but no empire-wide war fund was established. The emperor still relied on Bavarian and Catholic League forces to press the campaign in the Palatinate.
Sources
- Wilson, Peter H. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy — Peter H. Wilson (2009)
- Parker, Geoffrey. The Thirty Years' War — Geoffrey Parker (1997)