Question

The settlement reached via the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 was that

Question 19 options:

a)

each German prince would rule a territory that was Catholic or Lutheran based on his own choice of faith.


b)

Germany would remain Catholic as the Holy Roman Emperor was Catholic.


c)

Germany would adopt the Lutheran faith against the Holy Roman Emperor's wishes.


d)

each individual person in the Holy Roman Empire could choose to be either Lutheran or Catholic.


e)

the cities of Germany would have both Lutheran and Catholic churches.

Answers

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a)

The Peace of Augsburg (1555) established the principle "cuius regio, eius religio" — each German prince could determine whether his territory was Catholic or Lutheran.

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