The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German...
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The Old Swiss Confederacy began as a late medieval alliance between the communities of the valleys in the Central Alps, at the time part of the Holy Roman...
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fought by the Old Swiss Confederacy, 1315–1799. The Battle of Morgarten of 1315 is famous as the first military success of the Confederacy, but it was an...
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The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate...
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Wars and conflicts involving Switzerland since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy include: Military history of Switzerland Swiss Army...
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territorial evolution of Switzerland occurred primarily with the acquisition of territory by the historical cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy and its close associates...
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officer in the Swiss Army. History of the Swiss Air Force Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy List of wars involving Switzerland "Switzerland". CIA World...
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or Pays Alliés (Allied Countries), were associate states of the Old Swiss Confederacy, with some form of alliance agreement with either the entire Confederation...
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transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy (German: Ennetbirgische Feldzüge, "transmontane campaigns", as they are known in Swiss historiography) were...
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nucleus of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The name originates as an exonym, applied pars pro toto to the troops of the Confederacy. The Swiss themselves began...
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linen) of the Old Swiss Confederacy since its formation in the late 13th or early 14th century. Its symbolism was described by the Swiss Federal Council...
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The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft, also known as the "Swiss Republic" or Republica Helvetiorum) and its constituent...
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independent Old Swiss Confederacy collapsed from the invasion and simultaneous internal revolts called the "Helvetic Revolution". The Swiss ancien régime institutions...
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economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Basel. Switzerland originates from the Old Swiss Confederacy established in the Late Middle Ages, following a...
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Swabian War (section Swabia and the Swiss)
("Swiss War") in Germany and Engadiner Krieg ("War of the Engadin" in Austria) was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and...
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Roman Empire, while the western part was part of Burgundy. The Old Swiss Confederacy in the Late Middle Ages (the Eight Cantons) established its independence...
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Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationals has grown...
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heraldic arrangements representing the Thirteen Cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy are on record from the mid-16th century. The 1815 legislation remained...
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Helvetic Republic (category Switzerland articles missing geocoordinate data)
and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, marking the end of the ancien régime in Switzerland. Throughout its existence, the republic...
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tolerated separatist tendencies of a single member. Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy Johannes Fründ Clifford J. Rogers (2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia...
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Switzerland Eidgenossenschaft, the German term Old Swiss Confederacy, the precursor of modern-day Switzerland This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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1814 recommended the adoption of a seal of the Confederacy based on the "field sign of the old Swiss" (ratified on 4 July 1815). Article 41 (of the draft...
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state matters in Zürich and spread to several other cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. Seven cantons remained Catholic, however, which led to intercantonal...
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Swiss Confederation or Switzerland, a federal republic in Europe Old Swiss Confederacy, a confederation that was the predecessor of the current Swiss...
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Canton of Uri (redirect from Uri (Switzerland))
1309, would come to be regarded as the foundational act of the Old Swiss Confederacy or Eidgenossenschaft. The Battle of Morgarten in 1315, while of...
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Bruder Klaus was a Swiss monk and ascetic who is considered the patron saint of Switzerland. In 1481 the leaders of the Old Swiss Confederacy began quarreling...
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Battle of Sempach (category 14th century in the Old Swiss Confederacy)
1386, between Leopold III, Duke of Austria and the Old Swiss Confederacy. The battle was a decisive Swiss victory in which Duke Leopold and numerous Austrian...
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comprised by Imperial Circles were the lands of the Bohemian crown, the Old Swiss Confederacy and the Italian territories (the exceptions were Savoy, Piedmont...
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Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs (category 15th century in the Old Swiss Confederacy)
618 The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs was fought between the Old Swiss Confederacy and French (mostly Armagnac) mercenaries, on the banks of the river...
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