Interim of Augsburg
The Intérim of Augsburg is a imperial Décret May 15th 1548 elaborate at the request of Charles-Quint after his victory over the princes Lutherans (the Ligue of Smalkade) with the battle of Mühlberg, seeking to alleviate the tensions between Catholique S and Protesting S by reducing the theological and liturgical conquests Protestantism.
Origin
Within the Holy Germanic Roman Empire, Charles-Quint had regularly to fight against the States Protestants, which gained the faithful ones and grounds on the States Catholiques. Some Protestant princes linked in a Ligue of Smalkade, supported by François 1st, with which the emperor of signing a truce in 1538. In 1541, it almost succeeds in granting the various parts (agreements on the justification by the faith alone but not on the designs of the Eucharistie) but it decides to employ the force. Military operations turn over to its advantage: to Ingolstadt, its troops will demolish those of Jean Frederic of Saxony and Philippe de Hesse. The Emperor knows another victory with Mühlberg the April 24th 1547: the South and of the West are subjected and only North resists. September 1st opens a Diète of Augsburg which devotes the victory of the emperor.
Contents
During the months which come, the emperor convenes the Reichstag with Augsburg, confiscates the cathedral, and proclaims on May 15th, 1548 the Interim, payment which proclaims the return of the Protestants to beliefs and practices close to Catholicism with the help of some compensations, such as the marriage of the priests, and this while waiting for the conclusions of the Concile of Thirty. Wolfgang Musculus is opposed openly to the text, but the Interim is promulgated and it must leave the city the very same day.
Certain Protestants adopt the Interim, asserting which it was to better do some concessions with Catholicism to see destroying the Luthérianisme, but many provinces are opposed to the imperial capacity, as with Strasbourg, and Charles-Quint must often make act of authority. This strategy caused to dissatisfy the two parts.
Consequences
The Protestants linked themselves then with new king de France, Henri II. Charles Quint missed being made prisoner with Innsbruck and negotiated the treaty of Passau in which it authorized the exercise of the Protestant religion. The disorders continued until the death of Maurice of Saxony, and in 1555 was signed the Paix of Augsburg, devoting the imperial capacity and recognizing Catholicism and Protestantism in all the Empire.
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