HIS 1120 Lecture Notes - Italian Wars, Catholic Discipline, Society Of Jesus
17 Mar 2014
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The counter reformation and wars of religion, to 1648. Conflict; not only spiritual or religious conflict; strongly political. 1520s: charles v was opposed to lutheran church. Luther had sided with the nobles in the peasants war and gains noble support. 1531: lutheran princes have had enough of charles v. Cv: says that lutheran church doesn"t exist and disses their existence. Agreement amongst princes that if cv would go against them, they would stick together and take cv down. Also to help gain more power from the hre. 1546-7: charles v goes to war against the princes (short war) 1548: as a result, cv tries to force the lutherans back into the catholic church. 1548-52; tries to reassert catholic authority among german speaking, lutheran areas. This leads to open revolt in the hre; a new level of conflict and open revolution aar(as a result); the hrm (holy roman emperor) try to compromise.
