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| Who brought a sizable army of German, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish troops to battle the Protestants in 1546? |
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| During what years did the first phase of The Schmalkaldic Wars occur? |
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| Who won the Battle of Mühlberg? |
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| Charles V, thus ending the first phase of the war in favor of the Catholics. |
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| Who did the Schmalkaldic League (protestants) form an alliance with to defeat Charles V? |
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| Henry II, The catholic French king. |
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| When did the second phase of the Schmalkaldic Wars begin? |
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| What happened to Charles V after Henry II joined the protestants? |
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| He negotiated a truce and retired to his estate in Spain. |
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| Charles V abandoned his German Affairs to whom? |
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| When did an end to religious warfare in Germany come? |
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| 1555 with the peace of Augsburg. |
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| The Peace of Augsburg marks what? |
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| An important turning point in the history of the reformation. The division of Christianity was now formally acknowledged. |
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| Although German states were free to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism (after the war), the peace did not recognize what? |
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| The principle of religious toleration for individuals. |
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| The independence of the German states after the Schmalkaldic wars guaranteed what? |
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| The weakness of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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