Diet of Speyer (1529)
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The Diet of Speyer or the Diet of Spires (sometimes referred to as Speyer II) was a
Diet
The Diet of Speyer was convened in March 1529, for action against the Turks, whose armies were pressing forward in Hungary, and would besiege Vienna later in the year, and against the further progress of Protestantism.
The Diet opened on 15 March. The Catholic dignitaries appeared in full force, as did various princes and representatives of imperial cities who were leaning towards
The meeting was not attended by Charles. He sent instructions to his regent, Ferdinand, to pursue a conciliatory line, but his advice did not reach his brother in time. Instead, Ferdinand read out his own far less conciliatory suggestions in Charles's name at the start of the Diet. Ferdinand condemned the way many princes had interpreted the recess issued at Speyer in 1526. He specifically denied them the right to choose which religious reforms would take effect in their states, and ordered that Catholicism be followed in all states of the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
The Protestants felt that "Christ was again in the hands of
Protestation
The
The document was signed by the
References
- ^ Brandi, Karl (1939). The Emperor Charles V. p. 300.
- ^ "Speyer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. December 10, 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
Further reading
- Philip Schaff History of the Christian Church, Volume VII, 1882
- Karl Brandi The Emperor Charles V, 1939