Edict of Restitution

E297475

imperial decree legal act religious edict

The Edict of Restitution was a 1629 imperial decree during the Thirty Years' War that sought to restore Catholic properties lost to Protestant rulers, significantly intensifying religious and political tensions in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Label	Occurrences
Edict of Restitution canonical	1
Edict of Restitution (1629) in its practical enforcement phase	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	imperial decree ⓘ legal act ⓘ religious edict ⓘ
affectedGroup	Calvinist rulers ⓘ Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Lutheran princes ⓘ Protestant rulers ⓘ
aimedTo	enforce ecclesiastical reservation of the Peace of Augsburg ⓘ restore Catholic church properties ⓘ reverse Protestant secularization of church lands ⓘ
appliesTo	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
confirmed	illegality of Calvinism under the Peace of Augsburg ⓘ
consequence	alarmed some Catholic princes ⓘ contributed to foreign intervention in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ heightened political conflict between emperor and princes ⓘ intensified religious tensions in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ strengthened opposition of Protestant estates ⓘ
coveredPeriod	since 1552 ⓘ
coveredPropertyType	abbeys ⓘ bishoprics ⓘ monasteries ⓘ other ecclesiastical lands ⓘ
date	1629 ⓘ
issuedBy	Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
language	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalBasis	Peace of Augsburg ⓘ
longTermEffect	contributed to fragmentation of imperial authority ⓘ undermined trust in imperial religious neutrality ⓘ
opposedBy	Protestant Union ⓘ surface form: Calvinist princes Lutheran princes ⓘ some Catholic princes ⓘ
partOf	Thirty Years' War ⓘ
politicalContext	Habsburg attempt to consolidate imperial authority ⓘ
prohibited	Calvinism in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	Peace of Augsburg ⓘ Peace of Prague (1635) ⓘ surface form: Peace of Prague Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
religiousContext	Counter-Reformation ⓘ
restoredPropertyFrom	Protestant territorial rulers ⓘ
restoredTo	Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Catholic ecclesiastical princes
revokedOrSuspended	1635 ⓘ
revokedOrSuspendedBy	Peace of Prague (1635) ⓘ surface form: Peace of Prague
supportedBy	Catholic League leaders ⓘ Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Ferdinand II
year	1629 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor → issued → Edict of Restitution ⓘ

Treaty of Lübeck (1629) → preceded → Edict of Restitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edict of Restitution (1629) in its practical enforcement phase