Peace of Augsburg
German religious settlement
The Peace of Augsburg was a 1555 treaty that allowed German princes to choose either Catholicism or Lutheranism for their territories, establishing the principle *cuius regio, eius religio*—whose realm, his religion.
It ended decades of religious warfare in the Holy Roman Empire but excluded Calvinists and other Protestant groups, setting conditions for renewed conflict in the Thirty Years' War.
- Schmalkaldic LeagueProtestant princes' mutual defense pact
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- Martin LutherProtestant Reformation founder
- Augsburg ConfessionLutheran doctrinal declaration, 1530
- religious toleranceAcceptance of differing faiths
Diet of Worms · Holy Roman Empire · Treaty of Westphalia · Catholicism · Catholic Church · Protestantism · Calvinism · sovereignty · John Calvin · Wittenberg · faith and politics · treaty · bishoprics · historical memory · compromise · secularization · Augsburg · coexistence
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Protestant Reformation, Luther
- european historical documentsMagna Carta, Domesday Book, Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Westphalia, Treaty of Rome
- German ChristianityMartin Luther, Luther, Lutheran, Lutherans, Lutheran Church
- Historic DocumentsDeclaration of Independence, Magna Carta, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact
- Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Empire, emperors, electors, prince-electors, Charlemagne
- Peace TreatiesTreaty of Versailles, Treaty of Paris, Versailles Treaty, Treaty of Westphalia, Treaty of Ghent
Peace of AugsburgThirty Years' War
1618-1648 European religious conflict
Spanish Inquisition · religious persecution · forced conversion · religious war · sectarian violence
Peace of AugsburgEdict of Nantes
French Protestant tolerance proclamation
Peace of Westphalia · First Amendment · freedom of worship · individual conscience · religious pluralism