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Religion and state -- Germany -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Rudolf II Dovvia Kay Reichstag

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309145]
Identifier: MSS SC 1130
Scope and Contents

Holograph edict presented by the Federal Diet of the German Empire. The item is concerned with the Turkish threat and political matters in Germany.

Dates: 1598

Passaurischen Vertrag Abschrift

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 97230309152]
Identifier: MSS SC 1129
Scope and Contents Holograph copy in German of the Treaty of Passau (1552) and extracts from the Peace of Augsburg (1555). In 1552 the German Protestant leader, Maurice of Saxony, and the Catholic Emperor of Germany, Charles V, were at war. This was one of a number of civil wars over the issues of religion and politics in Germany during the sixteenth century. The Treaty of Passau was a truce in that war. Many of the provisions in the treaty were later modified and incorporated into the Peace of...
Dates: 1552-1555