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| | 3. The Swiss Confederation. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History |
 | | The confederation, at the beginning of the 16th century, was still a loose union of practically independent cantons, each sending two representatives to a federal diet. |
 | | There were, after 1513, thirteen cantons, of which six (Schwyz, Uri, Zug, Unterwalden, Glarus, and Appenzell) were rural and seven (Lucerne, Zürich, Bern, Solothurn, Fribourg, Basel, and Schaffhausen) were urban. |
 | | The Zürichers were defeated in the Battle of Kappel (Oct. 11) and Zwingli was killed. |
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