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    Cuius regio, eius religio (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈku.jus ˈre.d͡ʒi.o ˈe.jus reˈli.d͡ʒi.o]) is a Latin phrase which literally means "whose realm, their...
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    for the Thirty Years' War. The Peace elaborated the principle Cuius regio, eius religio ("whose realm, his religion"), which allowed the princes of states...
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    territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the application of cuius regio, eius religio, or "whose rule, his religion", as the primary means of determining...
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    contemporary European principle to assure socio-political stability, cuius regio, eius religio ("whose realm, his religion"), the idea that the religion of the...
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    Catholicism, Lutheranism, and now Calvinism. (the principle of cuius regio, eius religio) Christians living in principalities where their denomination...
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  • 1648 Treaty of Westphalia institutionalized the principle of cuius regio, eius religio—that rulers of a state had the right to determine the religion...
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    League, are especially noteworthy. With the Peace of Augsburg, the cuius regio, eius religio principle let each prince decide the religion of his subjects...
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  • Imperial Majesty". In practice, they sanctioned the principle cuius regio, eius religio ('whose realm, their religion'), acknowledging the princes' right...
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    Politics portal Balkan Wars Balkan Federation Breakup of Yugoslavia Cuius regio, eius religio Cyber-balkanization Detachment (territory) Dissolution of the...
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    important principles promulgated on 25 September: The principle of cuius regio, eius religio ("Whose realm, his religion") provided for internal religious...
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  • the religion of the ruler dictated the religion of the ruled (cuius regio, eius religio) was observed throughout the Holy Roman Empire. Section 24 of...
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    the faith of the prince was to be the faith of his subjects (cuius regio, eius religio). From the Cologne War through the Thirty Years' Wars (1618–1648)...
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  • riven by politico-national divides (sometimes resulting from cuius regio, eius religio), show a high degree of fissibility, which ecumenical efforts...
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    Moravia to become Roman Catholic in accordance with the principle cuius regio, eius religio of the Peace of Augsburg (1555). The Bohemian Reformation ended...
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  • the Peace of Passau in 1552, and under the legal principle of Cuius regio, eius religio (the religion of the ruler was to dictate the religion of those...
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    to determine the religion of his own state (the principle of cuius regio, eius religio). However, the ius reformandi was removed: Subjects were no longer...
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    disputes in the Holy Roman Empire by enshrining the principle of Cuius regio, eius religio, allowing a prince to determine the religion of his subjects....
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  • An imperial election was held in Regensburg on 28 November 1562 to select the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. This was the third imperial election to...
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    the new faith in February 1614, as provided for by the rule of Cuius regio, eius religio within the Holy Roman Empire, there were serious protests, with...
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  • has often been used to describe the principle of sacralism is cuius regio, eius religio, or "who has region, decides religion." The idea was that the...
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    Saxonians that their ruler was not going to force the principle cuius regio, eius religio upon them. The original Baroque church was built between 1726...
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    religion of their ruler under the application of the principle of cuius regio, eius religio. While it granted certain privileges to Huguenots, the edict upheld...
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    theoretically had the right to re-introduce Roman Catholicism (see Cuius regio, eius religio), or at least grant full religious freedom to his fellow Catholics...
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    1555. It exempted ecclesiastical lands from the principle of cuius regio, eius religio (Latin: whose land, his religion), which the Peace established...
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  • religious affiliation of their kingdoms on the pragmatic principle of cuius regio eius religio [whose realm, his religion]." Before 1900, sovereign states enjoyed...
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    This resulted as a natural extension of the older principle of cuius regio, eius religio (Whose realm, his religion), leaving the Roman Catholic Church...
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    secure freedom of worship for Protestants. In practice, this meant cuius regio, eius religio; thus, most individual localities in Hungary are still identifiable...
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    implement one or the other religion. The peace thus prescribed the Cuius regio, eius religio-principle that would also be adopted in the peace of Augsburg...
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  • both Catholics and Protestants. It was often the opposite of cuius regio, eius religio and used in situations where a ruler was of a different religion...
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    ruler formally adopted – the application of the principle of cuius regio, eius religio. Religious conflicts resumed at the end of the 17th century, when...
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