HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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It set up the Spanish Inquisition to root out heresy.
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It ended the Thirty Years’ War.
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It granted the Netherlands independence from Spain.
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It allowed German rulers to choose the religion of their states.
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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: -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-3: -Answer and Explanation: The Peace of Augsburg encouraged religious toleration because it decided that the different states of the Holy Roman Empire could either be Lutheran or Catholic. Whatever the religion of the ruler was became the official faith of that particular state.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cause of the Peace of Augsburg was popular desire to resolve the religious dispute between Lutheran and Catholic rulers within the Holy Roman Empire. The treaty was signed in September 1555 and was agreed between Catholic and Lutheran princes in the empire.