Christian castle law

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Christian castle law: memory of the alliances between the city of Constance and Zurich (1527) and Bern (1528). Colored single-sheet print, published in 1528 by Jörg Spitzenberg in Konstanz

As a Christian Burgrecht be alliances referred, which reformed places Switzerland and her facing places in defense of the 1527 to 1529 Reformation abschlossen. These alliances were dissolved again in 1531. This happened in the context of the conflicts in the spread of the Reformation in the Confederation .

Beginning in 1527 until dissolution in 1531

When the Reformation direction gained the upper hand in Bern in 1527 , this also meant a reversal in federal politics: Zurich , which had previously been isolated, began to seek confessional alliances to secure the Reformation. Between December 25, 1527 and October 15, 1529, several alliances were concluded: Zurich and Constance , Bern and Constance, Zurich and Bern with each other and together with the cities of St. Gallen , Biel , Mulhouse , Basel and Schaffhausen . The purpose of these alliances was, on the one hand, to defend the Reformation innovations and, on the other hand, to actively support the Reformation in the federal subject areas . This strengthened awareness of the Reformed side, combined with an aggressive and expansive will to mission, aroused the desire for alliances on the Catholic side as well (Christian Association 1529).

The first Kappel peace treaty of 1529 pushed Zurich's real goal of reforming the entire Swiss Confederation a long way off. Zwingli and Zurich therefore sought help in alliances with foreign powers: First, on January 5, 1530, an alliance with Strasbourg was achieved . Then followed on November 18, 1530 the alliance of Zurich, Basel and Strasbourg with Hesse , whereby Bern's standing aside suggests that this far-reaching alliance overran the arch. In addition, the Schmalkaldic Confederation increasingly led the Upper German Reformed into the Lutheran camp: The policy promoted by Zwingli and Zurich was doomed to failure. With the defeat in the Second Kappel War , these alliances were dissolved.

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  1. ^ Christian Scheidegger: Kappeler Wars. In: zhref.ch. Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on December 25, 2019 .
  2. ^ The further development up to 1531 - City of Zurich. In: stadt-zuerich.ch. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
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