Catholic central Swiss cantons

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confessional coalition historical political alliance

The Catholic central Swiss cantons were a coalition of predominantly rural, traditionally minded cantons in central Switzerland that staunchly defended Catholicism and local autonomy during the Reformation-era religious and political conflicts.

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Surface form Occurrences
Catholic cantons 1
Catholic central Swiss states 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf confessional coalition ⓘ
historical political alliance ⓘ
activeInCentury 16th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod Swiss Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimedToPreserve cantonal sovereignty ⓘ
traditional rights and privileges ⓘ
alliedWith other Catholic territories in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
country Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
defended Catholic doctrine ⓘ
local autonomy ⓘ
traditional rural institutions ⓘ
governanceType rural Landsgemeinde democracy in several member cantons ⓘ
hadImpactOn constitutional development of the Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
religious geography of Switzerland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Catholic stronghold ⓘ
conservative ⓘ
predominantly rural ⓘ
traditionally minded ⓘ
hasMember Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nidwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zug NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole core of Catholic resistance in the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
ideology Catholic corporative traditionalism ⓘ
influencedBy Counter-Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedInConflict First War of Kappel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second War of Kappel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wars of Kappel NERFINISHED ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locatedIn Central Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintained separate Catholic alliances within the Confederacy ⓘ
opposedTo Protestant Reformation in Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zwinglian Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf confessional polarization of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
politicalAlignment Catholic cantonal bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
supportedBy Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfFormation early 16th century ⓘ
usedAsTermIn historiography of the Swiss Reformation ⓘ

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First War of Kappel → mainBelligerent → Catholic central Swiss cantons ⓘ
First War of Kappel → religiousSide → Catholic central Swiss cantons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic cantons
First War of Kappel → opposedBy → Catholic central Swiss cantons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic central Swiss states