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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Label Occurrences
Smalcald League canonical 2
Treaty of Smalcald 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive alliance ⓘ
associatedWithDocument Smalcald Articles ⓘ
confession Lutheranism ⓘ
conflict Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfDefeat 1547 ⓘ
defeatedIn Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
dissolved 1547 ⓘ
followedBy Protestant Union ⓘ
formedAsResponseTo Edict of Augsburg ⓘ
linked to: Augsburg Interim

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 ⓘ
linked to: Smalcald League
headquartersLocation Schmalkalden ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
language German ⓘ
leader John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
member Bremen ⓘ
Duchy of Pomerania ⓘ
Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Augsburg ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Strasbourg ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Ulm ⓘ
Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
Magdeburg ⓘ
Mansfeld ⓘ
militaryCapability combined armies of member states ⓘ
namedAfter Schmalkalden ⓘ
opposedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Papacy ⓘ
partOf Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
precededBy League of Torgau ⓘ
religiousConflict Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
religiousOrientation Lutheran ⓘ
significantEvent Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
significantFigure Martin Luther ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smalcald League → hasTreaty → Treaty of Smalcald ⓘ
linked to: Smalcald League
Smalcald → knownFor → Smalcald League ⓘ