Ferdinand, equating Protestantism with disloyalty, imposes religious…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

Ferdinand, equating Protestantism with disloyalty, imposes religious restrictions throughout the Hereditary Lands.

In 1627 he implements a long-planned decree to make Bohemia a one-confession state: Protestants are given six months to convert or leave the country.

In the face of a strong Hungarian nationalist movement headed by the Calvinist prince of Transylvania, however, Ferdinand can maintain his hold on Royal Hungary only by confirming guarantees of religious freedom.

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Vienna > Wien Wien Austria View →

People
Ferdinand II View →

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Germans View → Hungarian people View → Dutch people View → Slavonia region View → Croats (South Slavs) View → Slovaks (West Slavs) View → Carinthia, Duchy of View → Czechs [formerly Bohemians] (West Slavs) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Dalmatia region View → Croatia, Kingdom of View → Tyrol, County of View → Austria, Archduchy of View → Styria, Duchy of View → Moravian Margravate View → Bohemia, Kingdom of View → Hungary, Kingdom of View → Slovenes (South Slavs) View → Holy Roman Empire View → Transylvania (Hungarian governate) View → Ottoman Empire View → Turkish people View → Lutheranism View → Protestantism View → Anabaptists View → Hungary, Royal View → Croatia, (Habsburg) Kingdom of View → Calvinists View → Hungary, Ottoman View → Hungary (Transylvania), Ottoman vassal Kingdom of View → Transylvania (Ottoman vassal), Principality of View → Hungary, Kingdom of View → Protestant League (League of Evangelical Union) View → Catholic League, the (German) View →

Topics
Bohemian Reformation View → Protestant Reformation View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View → Thirty Years' War View → White Mountain, Battle of View →

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Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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