Diet of Speyer (1529)

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The Diet of Speyer (1529) was an imperial assembly of the Holy Roman Empire best known for revoking earlier concessions to Lutheran reformers and prompting the formal "Protestation" that gave rise to the term "Protestant."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event ⓘ
imperial assembly ⓘ
imperial diet ⓘ
aimedTo restore enforcement of the Edict of Worms ⓘ
chronology took place during the reign of Charles V ⓘ
conflict part of the wider Reformation conflicts in Europe ⓘ
convenedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
decision forbade printing of religious books without approval ⓘ
ordered restoration of Catholic worship where it had been abolished since 1526 ⓘ
prohibited further religious innovations pending a general council ⓘ
endTime 1529-04-22 ⓘ
followedBy Diet of Augsburg (1530) ⓘ
follows Diet of Speyer (1526) ⓘ
hasCause perceived failure of the Edict of Worms to stop Luther's teachings ⓘ
spread of Lutheranism in imperial territories ⓘ
hasEffect origin of the term "Protestant" ⓘ
revocation of concessions to Lutheran territories ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
influenced formation of Protestant estates within the empire ⓘ
subsequent negotiations at the Diet of Augsburg (1530) ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
location Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
Speyer ⓘ
opposedBy Lutheran princes ⓘ
representatives of evangelical imperial cities ⓘ
partOf Reformation ⓘ
presidedOverBy Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic–Lutheran conflict ⓘ
result deepened confessional division within the empire ⓘ
formal protest by evangelical estates ⓘ
signatory Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Francis, Duke of Lüneburg ⓘ
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
John, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt ⓘ
representatives of Constance ⓘ
representatives of Nuremberg ⓘ
representatives of Strasbourg ⓘ
representatives of Ulm ⓘ
significantEvent Protestation at Speyer ⓘ
startTime 1529-02-15 ⓘ
topic Edict of Worms ⓘ
Lutheran Reformation ⓘ
religious policy in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

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Diet of Augsburg (1530) → follows → Diet of Speyer (1529) ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Speyer → hostedEvent → Diet of Speyer (1529) ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Speyer → associatedWith → Protestation at Speyer ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Speyer (1529)
Gedächtniskirche der Protestation → commemorates → Protestation at Speyer ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Speyer (1529)
Gedächtniskirche der Protestation → commemorates → Diet of Speyer (1529) ⓘ
Gedächtniskirche der Protestation → namedAfter → Protestation at the Diet of Speyer ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Speyer (1529)
Diet of Speyer (1529) → significantEvent → Protestation at Speyer ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Speyer (1529)
Johann the Constant, Elector of Saxony → signed → Protestation at Speyer (1529) ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Speyer (1529)
Reichstag (Imperial Diet) → notableMeeting → Diet of Speyer (1529) ⓘ