Smalcald League

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The Smalcald League was a 16th-century defensive alliance of Lutheran princes and cities within the Holy Roman Empire formed to protect and advance the Protestant Reformation against imperial and papal authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance
associatedWithDocument Smalcald Articles NERFINISHED
confession Lutheranism
conflict Schmalkaldic War NERFINISHED
country Holy Roman Empire
dateOfDefeat 1547
defeatedIn Schmalkaldic War NERFINISHED
dissolved 1547
followedBy Protestant Union NERFINISHED
formedAsResponseTo Edict of Augsburg NERFINISHED
threat of imperial enforcement of Catholicism
founded 1531
hasEffect militarization of confessional conflict in Germany
strengthening of Protestant political power in the Holy Roman Empire
hasLegalBasis mutual defense pact
hasPurpose defense of Lutheran territories
protection of the Protestant Reformation
resistance to imperial authority
resistance to papal authority
hasTreaty Treaty of Smalcald NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Schmalkalden NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 16th century
language German
leader John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony NERFINISHED
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse NERFINISHED
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
member Bremen NERFINISHED
Duchy of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Duchy of Württemberg NERFINISHED
Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
Free Imperial City of Augsburg NERFINISHED
Free Imperial City of Strasbourg NERFINISHED
Free Imperial City of Ulm NERFINISHED
Landgraviate of Hesse NERFINISHED
Magdeburg NERFINISHED
Mansfeld NERFINISHED
militaryCapability combined armies of member states
namedAfter Schmalkalden NERFINISHED
opposedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Papacy NERFINISHED
partOf Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED
precededBy League of Torgau NERFINISHED
religiousConflict Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED
religiousOrientation Lutheran
significantEvent Schmalkaldic War NERFINISHED
significantFigure Martin Luther NERFINISHED

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