Peace of Augsburg
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The Peace of Augsburg was a 1555 treaty within the Holy Roman Empire that ended religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans by allowing princes to choose the official confession of their territories.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peace of Augsburg canonical | 23 |
| Peace of Augsburg (1555) | 3 |
| Augsburg Settlement | 1 |
| Peace of Augsburg of 1555 | 1 |
| Treaty of Augsburg (formation agreement) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162792 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Peace of Augsburg Context triple: [Reformation, hasKeyEvent, Peace of Augsburg]
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League of Augsburg
The League of Augsburg, also known as the Grand Alliance, was a late 17th-century coalition of European powers formed to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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Treaty of Rastatt
The Treaty of Rastatt was a 1714 peace agreement between France and Austria that helped end the War of the Spanish Succession by redefining territorial control in Europe.
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Diet of Worms
The Diet of Worms was the 1521 imperial council of the Holy Roman Empire where Martin Luther was ordered to recant his teachings, marking a pivotal moment in the Protestant Reformation.
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) was a peace agreement that ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain, forcing Louis XIV to relinquish many of his conquests in the Spanish Netherlands while retaining some key fortified towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Peace of Augsburg Target entity description: The Peace of Augsburg was a 1555 treaty within the Holy Roman Empire that ended religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans by allowing princes to choose the official confession of their territories.
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A.
League of Augsburg
The League of Augsburg, also known as the Grand Alliance, was a late 17th-century coalition of European powers formed to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.
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B.
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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C.
Treaty of Rastatt
The Treaty of Rastatt was a 1714 peace agreement between France and Austria that helped end the War of the Spanish Succession by redefining territorial control in Europe.
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D.
Diet of Worms
The Diet of Worms was the 1521 imperial council of the Holy Roman Empire where Martin Luther was ordered to recant his teachings, marking a pivotal moment in the Protestant Reformation.
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E.
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) was a peace agreement that ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain, forcing Louis XIV to relinquish many of his conquests in the Spanish Netherlands while retaining some key fortified towns.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial law
ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ religious settlement ⓘ |
| aimedTo | end religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans ⓘ |
| allowed | subjects to emigrate if they rejected the prince's religion ⓘ |
| appliedIn | German territories of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| category |
1555 in the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
Reformation-era treaties ⓘ Treaties of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| concludedAt |
Imperial Diet
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Diet of Augsburg
|
| dateSigned | 1555-09-25 ⓘ |
| effect | temporary stabilization of the Empire after the Schmalkaldic War ⓘ |
| establishedPrinciple | cuius regio, eius religio ⓘ |
| excludedReligion | Calvinism ⓘ |
| followedBy | renewed confessional tensions in the late 16th century ⓘ |
| grantedAutonomyTo | imperial cities with mixed confessions ⓘ |
| grantedRightTo | territorial princes to choose the confession of their territories ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Peace of Augsburg
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surface form:
Augsburg Settlement
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| hasClause |
provisions on ecclesiastical reservation
ⓘ
provisions on rights of Lutheran knights and cities ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| influenced | later religious settlements in Europe ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
Declaratio Ferdinandei
ⓘ
reservatum ecclesiasticum ⓘ |
| language |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus | imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| limitedTo | Lutheran and Catholic confessions only ⓘ |
| longTermConsequence | did not prevent the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| mediatedBy |
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
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surface form:
Ferdinand I, King of the Romans
|
| namedAfter | city of Augsburg ⓘ |
| partOf |
Reformation
ⓘ
history of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| predecessorEvent | Schmalkaldic War ⓘ |
| recognized | legal status of Lutheran princes ⓘ |
| recognizedReligion |
Lutheranism
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| regulated | religious coexistence in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
confessionalization
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religious toleration in Europe ⓘ |
| restricted | conversion rights of ecclesiastical princes ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| signedIn |
Augsburg
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1555 ⓘ |
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Subject: Peace of Augsburg Description of subject: The Peace of Augsburg was a 1555 treaty within the Holy Roman Empire that ended religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans by allowing princes to choose the official confession of their territories.
Referenced by (29)
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