Peace of Prague (1635)
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The Peace of Prague (1635) was a major treaty during the Thirty Years' War that reconciled the Holy Roman Emperor with many Protestant princes, restructured the empire’s political and military order, and paved the way for the dissolution of the Catholic League.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Peace of Prague | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
event in the Thirty Years' War
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peace treaty ⓘ |
| aim |
to create a unified imperial military command
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to reconcile the Holy Roman Emperor with Protestant estates ⓘ to restore internal peace within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| belligerentSideReconciled |
Holy Roman Emperor
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many Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 30 May 1635 ⓘ |
| excludedParty |
France
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Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ some Calvinist princes ⓘ |
| followedBy | accession of additional German princes to the peace ⓘ |
| hasPartOfName | Peace of Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasYearInTitle | 1635 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the transformation of the Thirty Years' War into a Franco-Habsburg struggle
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marked the end of large-scale internal German Protestant resistance to the emperor ⓘ paved the way for the dissolution of the Catholic League ⓘ restructured the constitutional and military order of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSignatory |
Electorate of Saxony
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryProvision |
creation of a single imperial army
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obligation of estates to provide troops and funding to the imperial army ⓘ subordination of territorial armies to imperial command ⓘ |
| partyToTreaty |
Electorate of Brandenburg
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Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ many Lutheran imperial estates ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalProvision |
prohibition of separate alliances of imperial estates with foreign powers
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requirement that imperial estates follow the emperor’s foreign policy ⓘ |
| principalImperialAlly | Elector John George I of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedLegalInstrument |
Edict of Restitution (1629)
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Peace of Augsburg (1555) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousProvision |
confirmation of the Peace of Augsburg
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postponement of final settlement of ecclesiastical property disputes ⓘ suspension of the Edict of Restitution for 40 years ⓘ |
| result |
dissolution of the Catholic League
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integration of League forces into the imperial army ⓘ isolation of Sweden and France as main opponents of the emperor ⓘ reconciliation of the emperor with many Lutheran princes ⓘ shift of the Thirty Years' War toward an international conflict ⓘ strengthening of imperial authority over military affairs ⓘ weakening of the political autonomy of imperial estates in military matters ⓘ |
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