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The 34 pages that link to Peace of Augsburg, each with the reason it gives.

• Protestant ReformationRelated: It gave Lutheran churches legal standing within parts of the empire.

• Martin LutherRelated: The settlement gave Lutheranism legal recognition after decades of conflict following Luther’s reforms.

• Council of TrentRelated: It shows the political divisions surrounding the council while its sessions were underway.

• Peace of WestphaliaRelated: Its unresolved religious framework was revised and broadened by the 1648 settlement.

• ProtestantismRelated: It gave Lutheranism legal recognition within a divided Christian empire.

• Augsburg ConfessionRelated: It granted legal standing to adherents identified by the confession.

• Imperial DietRelated: The Diet at Augsburg made this settlement a framework for religious coexistence.

• Religious nationalismRelated: Its principle of ruler-selected religion linked political territory and religious affiliation.

• Diet of WormsRelated: It later established a political settlement for a division the Diet of Worms had not contained.

• ConfessionalizationRelated: Its territorial rule helped rulers define the confession governing their lands.

• Electorate of SaxonyRelated: Saxony’s rulers helped shape and enforce the settlement’s confessional order.

• Schmalkaldic LeagueRelated: It resolved some conflicts that the League’s defeat had left unsettled.

• European Wars of ReligionRelated: It institutionalized a limited religious compromise while leaving major disputes unresolved.

• Prince-bishopRelated: Its ecclesiastical reservation addressed what happened when a prince-bishop adopted Protestantism.

• Battle of MühlbergRelated: Its eventual compromise reflected the limits of the religious unity Charles sought after victory.

• History of GermanyRelated: It institutionalized religious division within the empire.

• National churchRelated: It made territorial rule over religious affiliation an explicit political settlement.

• History of ProtestantismRelated: It gave Lutheranism legal recognition within part of the empire.