Schmalkaldic League
Lutheran defensive coalition
The Schmalkaldic League was a defensive alliance of Protestant German princes and cities formed in 1531, named for the town of Schmalkalden where they met.
The league resisted Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's efforts to suppress Lutheranism.
It was defeated militarily in 1547 but helped establish the principle that German rulers could determine their territories' religion.
- Peace of Augsburg1555 German religious treaty
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- Martin LutherProtestant Reformation founder
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
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- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Protestant Reformation, Luther
- Religious AlliancesHoly Alliance
- Medieval Alliancescity leagues
- SaxonyDresden, Leipzig, electorate, elector, silver mining
- German ChristianityMartin Luther, Luther, Lutheran, Lutherans, Lutheran Church
- Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Empire, emperors, electors, prince-electors, Charlemagne
religious-political alignment
Schmalkaldic LeagueCounter-Reformation
Church's internal reform movement