Golden covenant

The Golden Bund of October 5, 1586 was a denominational alliance of the seven Catholic towns of the Old Confederation . It got its name from the initial gold letters of the contract. The adversaries promised each other to keep the old faith and vowed to help one another in case of danger. They also undertook to prevent a contract partner from falling away from the Catholic faith. Shortly afterwards, the Catholic towns (with the exception of Solothurn) concluded an alliance with Spain on May 12, 1587.

After Appenzell Innerrhoden and the Catholic part of Glarus were accepted into the Golden Bund, Karl Borromeo was declared the patron saint of the Bund and the Bund was also called the Borromean Bund .

literature

Handbook of Swiss History. Volume 1. Verlagberichthaus, Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-85572-002-9 , p. 604.

Web links

Rudolf Bolzern: Golden Covenant. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ Erich Meyer: The Spanish alliance of 1587 and Solothurn's rejection . In: Yearbook for Solothurn History . tape 40 , 1967, p. 275–342 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-324363 .

[1] Erich Meyer: The Spanish alliance of 1587 and Solothurn's rejection . In: Yearbook for Solothurn History . tape 40 , 1967, p. 275–342 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-324363 .