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Schmalkaldic League
Schmalkaldic League , alliance formed in 1531 at Schmalkalden by Protestant princes and delegates of free cities. It was created in response to the threat (1530) by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to stamp out Lutheranism. Led by Philip of Hesse and John Frederick I of Saxony, the league grew rap... Read more
Johannes Brenz
Johannes Brenz , c.1522-67, German Protestant reformer. After coming under the influence of Johannes Oecolampadius and Martin Luther , Brenz stopped celebrating Mass (1523) and gave himself over to biblical exposition. He defended Luther's doctrine of the real presence of Jesus during the sacrame... Read more
Philip of Hesse
Philip of Hesse , 1504-67, German nobleman, landgrave of Hesse (1509-67), champion of the Reformation. He is also called Philip the Magnanimous. Declared of age in 1518, he helped suppress the Peasants' War . Having embraced Protestantism in 1524 he vainly tried to reconcile Martin Luther and Ulr... Read more
Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves , 1515-57, fourth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. The sister of William, duke of Cleves, one of the most powerful of the German Protestant princes, she was considered a desirable match for Henry by those English councilors, most notably Thomas Cromwell , who wished to ally ... Read more
Andreas Osiander
Andreas Osiander , 1498-1552, German reformer. His original name was Hosemann or Heiligmann. Ordained a priest in 1520, Osiander joined the cause of the Reformation in 1522. He supported Martin Luther vigorously, participating in the Marburg Conference (1529), the Diet of Augsburg (1530), and the si... Read more
Kaspar von Schwenkfeld
Kaspar von Schwenkfeld , 1490-1561, German religious reformer. Schwenkfeld was in court service with the duke of Liegnitz from 1510 to c.1522. He visited Wittenberg during Martin Luther's absence at the Wartburg and there met the radical reformers Thomas Münzer and Carlstadt. Returning to Liegn... Read more
Ulm
Ulm , city (1994 pop. 114,839), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on the Danube (Donau) River. It is an active river port, rail junction, and industrial center. Manufactures include motor vehicles, machinery, electrical equipment, and diversified, light manufacturing. Known in 854, Ulm became (14th... Read more
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , city (1994 pop. 270,546), capital of Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is a large inland port, an industrial center, and a rail and road junction. Manufactures include metal products, textiles, and chemicals. The city is a food processing center, primarily in sugar re... Read more
Frankfurt
Frankfurt or Frankfurt am Main , city (1994 pop. 659,800), Hesse, central Germany, a port on the Main River. It is also known in English as Frankfort. The city is an industrial, media, commercial, and financial center and a transportation hub. It is headquarters of the leading German stock excha... Read more
Charles V
Charles V 1500-1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519-58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516-56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of Castile, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy. Early Years Born at Ghent, Charle... Read more

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Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World SCHMALKALDIC WAR (1546 – 1547) SCHMALKALDIC WAR (1546 – 1547). The Schmalkaldic War (fought between July 1546 and April 1547) was a short-lived military victory by the Holy Roman emperor Charles V (ruled 1519 –...
Schmalkaldic League
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Schmalkaldic League , alliance formed in 1531 at Schmalkalden by Protestant princes...unity to the Roman Catholic Church, Charles initiated the so-called Schmalkaldic War against the league. At the battle of Mühlberg (1547...
Maurice
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...receive, in return for deserting the Protestants of the Schmalkaldic League , the lands and title of his cousin, Elector John...Ernestine portion of Saxony. He fought for Charles in the Schmalkaldic War and after the battle of Mühlberg (1547) received...
Johannes Brenz
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...presence of Jesus during the sacramentarian controversy (1525) in his Syngramma Suevicum. During the Schmalkaldic War (see Schmalkaldic League ) he sought protection under Duke Ulrich of Württemberg, and became the leader of the...
Philip of Hesse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Frederick I of Saxony and others, Philip formed (1531) the Schmalkaldic League to uphold Protestantism against the opposition of...Saxony from Philip's camp, the emperor crushed (1547) the Schmalkaldic League at Mühlberg. Philip, believing that he...
Saxony
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...within the empire encouraged John the Constant to form the Schmalkaldic League in 1531. This "defensive" league consolidated the...against his cousin and rival. The decisive battle of the Schmalkaldic War (1546 – 1547), fought in April 1547 at M...
Sleidanus, Johannes (Johannes Philippi; 1506–1556)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...historiographer of the Lutheran party — that is, of the Schmalkaldic League — who left the most authoritative account...1551) and Jacob Sturm, he began negotiations with the Schmalkaldic League for this project, which he had begun as early as...
Schmalkalden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...with it, passed to Prussia in 1866. In the town hall (built 1419) the Schmalkaldic League was founded in 1531. The inn where Luther drew up (1537) the Schmalkaldic Articles, outlining the Protestant viewpoint, has been restored. Other...
John Frederick I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...John Frederick was a devout Lutheran. A leader of the Schmalkaldic League , he vacillated in loyalty to Holy Roman Emperor Charles...he was thrown into opposition when Charles undertook the Schmalkaldic War to crush the independence of the imperial states in Germany...
Ulm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Thirty Years War, 1618-48) caused its decline. Ulm accepted the Reformation c.1530 and was a member of the Schmalkaldic League. The city and its territory were awarded to Bavaria in 1803 at the Diet of Regensburg, but were transferred to W...

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Schmalkaldic League
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Schmalkaldic League. The alliance concluded at Schmalkalden in 1531 between several German Protestant princes and cities in opposition to Charles V's ‘Recess of Augsburg’ (1530) which suppressed their religious autonomy. It united Lutherans and Zwinglians.
Schmalkaldic War
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Schmalkaldic War (1546–47) A brief and indecisive phase in the struggle between the Roman Catholic emperor CHARLES V and the Protestant...
Schmalkaldic Articles
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Schmalkaldic Articles (1537). The doctrinal statement drawn up by M. Luther at the behest of Friedrich, Elector of Saxony, for presentation...
Philip of Hesse
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Confession (1530), and became a founder and leader of the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Protestant princes and cities (1531...marrying bigamously (1540) and after his defeat in the SCHMALKALDIC WAR he was imprisoned by Charles V. He lived to see Lutherans...
Sleidanus, Johannes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...the German Reformation. He adopted Protestant views (the exact date is not known), and in 1545 was commissioned by the Schmalkaldic League to write the history of the Protestant cause in Germany. His De Statu Religionis et Reipublicae Carolo V Caesare...
Agricola, Georgius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...achievement. It had not yet been published when Agricola became involved in the war of Emperor Charles V against the Protestant Schmalkaldic League: he was elected mayor of Chemnitz, appointed a councillor to the court of Saxony, and sent as an ambassador to...
Melanchthon, Philipp
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...chief architect of the Augsburg Confession . In 1537, however, he objected to the overt condemnation of the Papacy in the Schmalkaldic Articles . At the Catholic-Protestant Conferences of Worms (1540–41) and Ratisbon (1541) he and M. Bucer...
Concord, Formula (1577)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...x2018;Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope’ was appended in 1537) and its Apology (1531), the Schmalkaldic Articles (1537), and M. Luther's two catechisms (1529). The Formula itself and these documents (with Scripture...
Paul III
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...first pope of Catholic reform’) to meet the threat of Protestantism . He supported Charles V in his campaign to destroy the alliance of Protestants known as the Schmalkaldic League, and he excommunicated Henry VIII in 1538.
Smalkaldic Articles, League
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Smalkaldic Articles, League. See SCHMALKALDIC ARTICLES , LEAGUE.

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Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525-1547: Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...with a number of other recent studies on the Schmalkaldic League and War. The Schmalkaldic War was one of the most significant conflicts...examines the ways in which the Protestant Schmalkaldic League used confiscations to further their...
Henry VIII, the League of Schmalkalden, and the English Reformation.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
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Charles V defeats German Protestants in battle at Muhlberg. (Germany)(April 24, 1547)
Magazine article from: History Today; 4/1/1997; 700+ words ; ...outlawing two of the leading members of the Schmalkaldic League of German Protestant princes...emptive strike from the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, who were in a strong strategic...less than a hundred dead -- while the Schmalkaldic League suffered far worse losses...
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Johann Sleidan and the Protestant Vision of History
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Johann Sleidan (1506-56), the official historian of the Schmalkaldic League. Sleidan's richly documented Commentaries on Religion...convincing case that, although officially commissioned by the Schmalkaldic League, "the Commentaries were a Strasbourgeois project...
Emperor Maximilian II.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...for the sake of political strategy, as he would later do with other Lutheran princes. Maurice supported Charles V in the Schmalkaldic War against his Lutheran peers, but then, during Charles's finest hour of triumph, reversed his loyalties, conspired...
The Politics of the Reformation in Germany: Jacob Storm (1489-1553) of Strasbourg.
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Philip Melanchthon and the English Reformation
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...reaching white-hot levels, Henry needed the vindication and security that a closer relationship with the Lutherans and the Schmalkaldic League might supply. Melanchthon endeavoured to supply a bridge: in 1534 he dedicated his revised edition of the Loci Communes...
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Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...in line with traditional Roman Catholicism. But the Lutheran theologians would not budge, and since membership in the Schmalkaldic League, which Henry wanted, depended on adherence to the Augsburg Confession, a full "reconciliation" became more and...
The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...von Schwendi stands out as the first and most interesting. A German military man who initially served Charles V during the Schmalkaldic War, Schwendi came to realize during the negotiations over the Peace of Augsburg the need for religious toleration in order...