Ένωση του Σμαλκάλντεν: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

==Aftermath==

In 1548 the victorious Charles forced the Schmalkaldic League to agree to the terms set forth in the [[Augsburg Interim]]. However, by the 1550s, Protestantism had established itself too firmly within Central Europe to be ended by brute force. A small Protestant victory in 1552 forced Charles, weary from three decades of war, to sign the [[Peace of Passau]], which granted some freedoms to Protestants and ended all of Charles' hopes at religious unity within his empire. Three years later, the [[Peace of Augsburg]] granted Lutheranism official status within the Holy Roman Empire and let princes choose the official religion within the domains they controlled.

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*[http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa051101a.htm The Schmalkaldic League (1530/1 - 1547)] at about.com