HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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allowed the Pope to rule Germany
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let German Princes pick Lutheranism or Catholicism
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made Lutheranism illegal
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excommunicated Martin Luther from the Catholic Church
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Peace allowed the state princes to select either Lutheranism or Catholicism as the religion of their domain and permitted the free emigration of residents who dissented.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many German princes who wanted freedom from the Pope’s authority favoured Protestantism. Others remained Catholic because they depended on the support of the Pope.
Detailed explanation-3: -It officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the legal division of Christianity permanent within the Holy Roman Empire, allowing rulers to choose either Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism as the official confession of their state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Augsburg, Peace of (1555) Agreement, reached by the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire in Augsburg, ending the conflict between Roman Catholics and Lutherans in Germany. It established the right of each Prince to decide on the nature of religions practice in his lands, cuius regio, cuius religio.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Religious Peace of Augsburg, 1555, gave each German ruler the right to determine the religion of his subjects, either Lutheran or Catholic.