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Swiss Confederacy
The Swiss Confederacy was a political union of cantons formed through federal compacts;…
Timeline
- 1501Basel · BaselIn 1501 the city-state of Basel formally joined the Swiss Confederacy as the eleventh member canton, strengthening the confederacy's commercial and scholarly influence in the upper Rhine.
- 1503–1510Schaffhausen · SchaffhausenIn 1501 Schaffhausen joined the confederacy along with Basel, and after Appenzell joined in 1513 the basic thirteen-canton configuration was formed; the cantons coordinated diplomatic and military affairs through the Federal Diet, maintaining independence between Imperial and French powers.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Switzerland — Expansion and Position of Power https://www.britannica.com/place/Switzerland
- Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz: Eidgenossenschaft https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/