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Imperial Diet at Augsburg, 1555
From February to September 1555, the Holy Roman Empire convened an Imperial Diet (Reichstag) at Augsburg, where Catholic and Protestant princes held …
Timeline
- 1555Augsburg · Holy Roman EmpireFerdinand I, as King of the Romans, presided over the opening of the Imperial Diet at Augsburg; Catholic and Protestant princes and representatives of imperial cities gathered, with the agenda focused on religious peace and the constitutional order of the Empire.
- 1555Augsburg · Holy Roman EmpireThe Diet repeatedly deliberated on the legal status of Lutheranism, the retention of church property, and the jurisdiction of imperial courts, finally voting on September 25 to adopt the text of the Peace of Augsburg, declaring the core agenda of the Imperial Diet complete.
Sources
- Diet of Augsburg https://www.britannica.com/event/Diet-of-Augsburg
- Reichstag zu Augsburg 1555 https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Reichstag_zu_Augsburg_1555