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WORLD HISTORY
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Peace of Augsburg
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Treaty of Westphalia
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Peace of Wittenburg
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Detailed explanation-1: -A treaty between Charles V and the forces of Lutheran princes, on September 25, 1555, which officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and allowed princes in the Holy Roman Empire to choose which religion would reign in their principality.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Peace of Augsburg, also called the Augsburg Settlement, was a treaty between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Schmalkaldic League, signed in September 1555 at the imperial city of Augsburg.
Detailed explanation-3: -Considering the actual coexistence of Catholicism and Lutheranism in the Empire, the Peace of Augsburg conferred the right to believe in either Catholicism or Lutheranism on the Imperial Estates in principle, which is the “either-or” religious freedom principle specified mainly in Articles 15, 26, and 27.