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Augsburg, League of

(Encyclopedia)Augsburg, League of, defensive alliance formed (1686) by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I with various German states, including Bavaria and the Palatinate, and with Sweden and Spain so far as their German...

Augsburg

(Encyclopedia)Augsburg ouksˈbo͝ork [key], city, capital of Swabia, Bavaria, S central Germany, a major industrial center on the Lech River. The major industries include the manufactur...

Confession of Augsburg

(Encyclopedia)Confession of Augsburg: see creed (4.) ...

Augsburg, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Augsburg, Peace of, 1555, temporary settlement within the Holy Roman Empire of the religious conflict arising from the Reformation. Each prince was to determine whether Lutheranism or Roman Catholicis...

Augsburg Confession

(Encyclopedia)Augsburg Confession: see creed (4.) ...

Augsburg Interim

(Encyclopedia)Augsburg Interim: see Reformation. ...

League of Nations

(Encyclopedia)League of Nations, former international organization, established by the peace treaties that ended World War I. Like its successor, the United Nations, its purpose was the promotion of international p...

Cambrai, League of

(Encyclopedia)Cambrai, League of, 1508–10, alliance formed by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, King Louis XII of France, Pope Julius II, King Ferdinand V of Aragón, and several Italian city-states against the re...

League

(Encyclopedia)League or Holy League, in French history, organization of Roman Catholics, aimed at the suppression of Protestantism and Protestant political influence in France. It was foreshadowed as early as 1561 ...

League of Arab States

(Encyclopedia)League of Arab States: see Arab League. ...