The Diet Of Augsburg

At augsburg all is changed.

The diet of augsburg. In reflecting on the proceedings of the diet of augsburg we are forcibly reminded of the diet of worms and of the great changes which had taken place during those nine years. The imperial diet or conference which assembled in the bavarian city of augsburg that february marked a significant stage in the history of both the reformation and germany. The diet of augsburg were the meetings of the imperial diet of the holy roman empire held in the german city of augsburg. With spring and the opening of the alps charles began his travels to germany from italy.

Luther knew that the next great historical event in the reformation was going to be the diet of augsburg in 1530. So luther knew this presence of the emperor at a diet now was going to be a big deal and might well say great deal about the future of the reformation and luther desperately wanted to be there. There were many such sessions but the three meetings during the reformation and the ensuing religious wars between the catholic emperor charles v and the protestant schmalkaldic league in the early 16th century are especially noteworthy. In 1530 as the protestant reformation gathered force in germany emperor charles v a determined defender of the catholic church summoned the diet to meet at augsburg and invited protestants to present a summary of their beliefs.

At the diet of augsburg in 1530 at which the so called augsburg confession was delivered to emperor v in the chapel of the episcopal palace the emperor issued an edict according to which all. 988 from that watch tower on the frontier of saxony and bavaria he exerted a powerful influence by his letters upon melanchthon and the lutheran confessors at the diet. At that time luther stood alone as the representative of the reformation. He arrived at innspruck in may.

Emperor charles v had called for a diet of all the german states in augsburg on april 8 1530. Not a single prince had then declared for the new doctrines. In the 16th century twelve of thirty five imperial diets were held in augsburg a result of the close financial relationship between the au. Both an imperial city and the residence of the augsburg prince bishops the town had hosted the estates in many such sessions since the 10th century.

In 1282 the diet of augsburg assigned the control of austria to the house of habsburg. The emperor had not been in germany since 1521 when luther was declared an outlaw at worms. During the diet of augsburg from april till october 1530 luther was an honorable prisoner in the electoral castle of coburg. His sojourn there is a striking parallel to his ten months sojourn at the wartburg and forms the last romantic chapter in his eventful life.

The holy roman empire was being torn to pieces by the mutual antagonism intolerance and incomprehension of roman catholics and lutherans.