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  After the End of History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In 1648 the negotiators of the Treaty of Westphalia adopted the principle of cuius regio, eius religio, “the religion of the ruler is the religion of the state." Thus, the ideal of one empire was replaced by what came to be known as the nation-state.
The chaos confronting us today derives from the fact that, given technological and economic developments originating mostly in the United States, a critical number of mankind’s productive activities are of a scale and scope such that they transcend national borders within whose confines sovereign states exercise their sway.
North America had been populated by groups of men and women who were specifically driven to emigrate by their rejection of the Westphalian cuius regio, eius religio doctrine.
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Cuius regio, eius religio ("his kingdom, his religion"): settlement allowing each of the German princes to choose Catholicism or Protestantism, and then impose that religion on all his subjects.
1555: Peace of Augsburg ends religious fighting in Germany, and ratifies the principle cuius regio, eius religio – but only for Catholics and Lutherans.
In 1554 writes treatise questioning whether heretics should be persecuted by force.
faculty.maxwell.syr.edu /gaddis/HST212/April23/handout.htm   (204 words)

  
 Cuius regio, eius religio -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Cuius regio, eius religio -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Cuius regio, eius religio is a (Click link for more info and facts about phrase in Latin) phrase in Latin that means, "Whose the region is, his religion." In other words, the religion of the king or other ruler would be the religion of the people.
State (Government free from external control) sovereignty, considered absolute and unquestioned until after World War I, was undeniably eroded in the later 20th century.
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 Cuius Regio, Eius Religio Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Cuius Regio, Eius Religio Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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 Story of the Church - Reformation Conclusion
In this treaty, the different German princes were to determine the religion of their subject lands.
This has been called the principle of cuius regio, eius religio (whose the region, his the religion).
Dissenters were to be given the right to move to other lands where the religion of the ruler was their religion.
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 Reformation - Wikipedia
Jahrhunderts zu verschiedenen Kriegen zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten innerhalb von Deutschland und der Schweiz, die in Deutschland 1555 mit dem Augsburger Religionsfrieden und in der Schweiz 1531 mit dem 2.
Bei beiden kam es auf "cuius regio, eius religio" (wessen Land, dessen Glaube) heraus.
In Deutschland bestimmte der jeweilige Fürst die Konfession seines Landes, in den Schweizer Kantonen die jeweiligen republikanischen Regierungen.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reformation   (1944 words)

  
 The Wars of Religion (from Europe, history of) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Germany, France, and the Netherlands each achieved a settlement of the religious problem by means of war, and in each case the solution contained original aspects.
In Germany the territorial formula of cuius regio, eius religio applied—that is, in each petty state the population had to conform to the religion of the ruler.
In France, the Edict of Nantes in 1598 embraced the…
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 I. Onset 1607-18
The Holy Roman Emperors' attempts to assert control over the autonomous princes and cities of Germany and Central Europe produced an uneasy reaction.
The Peace of Augsburg (1555) had allowed each prince to choose whether his state should be Catholic or Protestant (Lutheran) - cuius regio eius religio.
This settlement had produced temporary peace, but it led to increasing problems by the seventeenth century, especially as Calvinism (not permitted under the Peace of Augsburg) had spread, and such important figures as the Electors Palatine and Brandenburg adopted it.
history.wisc.edu /sommerville/351/351-041.htm   (501 words)

  
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Zo mag ieder koninkrijkje zijn eigen religie kiezen: cuius regio, eius religio.
Godsdienstig beleid Cuius regio eius religio: de vorst bepaalt de religie.
Hierin pasten de Hugenoten niet en dus was het beleid van Lodewijk erop gericht om deze Hugenoten weer terug te brengen in de Gallicaanse kerk.
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 Protestantism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1521 edict forbade Lutheran teachings within the Holy Roman Empire.
The 1526 session of the Diet had agreed to toleration of Lutheran teachings (on the basis of Cuius regio, eius religio) until a General Council could be held to settle the question, but by 1529, the Catholic forces felt they had gathered enough power to end the toleration without waiting for a Council.
In a broader sense of the word, Protestant began to be used as the collective name for a sudden movement of separation from the Roman Catholic Church, the beginning of which is ordinarily connected with the public disputes raised by Martin Luther.
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 Cuius regio, eius religio - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
State sovereignty, considered absolute and unquestioned until after World War I, was undeniably eroded in the later 20th century.
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 The post-Reformation in Germany (from Lutheranism) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
A generation after Luther the churches and territories that followed him theologically took part in a diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555).
This action accepted the principle cuius regio, eius religio, which meant that whoever governed a region determined its religion.
It was a far remove from the modern policy of separation of church and state, for which the…
www.britannica.com /eb/article-40063?tocId=40063   (941 words)

  
 The New York Review of Books: How Nasty Was Thomas Cromwell?
In the end, the boundaries of nation-states dictated the religious faith to which the great majority of their populations in fact subscribed.
This should not surprise us too much, because by and large the same generalization of "cuius regio eius religio" applies even more to the twentieth century, the second era in which Western civilization has been split ideologically down the middle.
In Bolshevik Russia, fifty years of political pressure have largely destroyed the Orthodox faith; and another thirty years of political pressure in Eastern Europe will probably suffice to reduce Roman Catholicism east of the Iron Curtain to negligible proportions.
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 COB-NET Historical Notes: Thirty Year's War
In 1555, besieged by religious unrest from both Catholics and Protestants, Emperor Charles V granted a settlement that formally recognized Protestantism known as the Peace of Augsburg.
It's guiding principle in the Latin is "cuius regio eius religio;" meaning "whoever rules an area may establish the religion of that area." If a prince is Lutheran, then his subjects are Lutheran.
There were two inherent flaws which made conflicts inevitable.
www.cob-net.org /text/history_30yearwar.htm   (681 words)

  
 Roskin Ch 12: Germany: The Impact of the Past
These treaties established and confirmed the doctrine of cuius regio eius religio: religion and state combined; obedience to ruler preached by all.
An authoritarian state, therefore, like England under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I (who ruled during the same period).
These wars (and the doctrine of cuius regio eius religio) also solidified the religious lines, and created a long-standing division between the richer, Protestant North and the poorer, Catholic South (Bavaria, Austria).
www.d.umn.edu /~schilton/1500/Lectures/1500.Roskin.Germany.Chapter12.html   (1900 words)

  
 ART ATTACK
German states received right to make treaties and alliances
Peace of Augsburg settlement (cuius regio, eius religio) was expanded to include Calvinism
Calvinists' aspirations to be recognized as a legitimate religion within Holy Roman Empire
www.geocities.com /Athens/Sparta/1492/war_and_peace.htm   (2031 words)

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