Diet of Augsburg

Elector John

Friends of the Reformation

John Frederick I of Saxony, the Lutheran elector who defended the Reformation after Frederick the Wise.

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Lorenzo Campeggio

Catholic Opponents of the Reformation

The canon lawyer and legate who organized the first Catholic league in Germany and urged Charles V to use fire and sword at Augsburg.

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The Diet of Augsburg

Reformation-Era Councils and Diets

The Diet of Augsburg of 1530: why Charles V called it, the three confessions submitted to him, the Confutation, the Recess of 19 November and its ultimatum, and the Schmalkaldic League that answered it.

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Urbanus Rhegius

German Reformers

A short biography of Urbanus Rhegius (1489–1541), preacher at Augsburg, superintendent of Lüneburg, and author of a handbook for preachers.

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