Religious wars in switzerland + germany (jan 1, 1526 – dec 30, 1531)

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Appeal of protestantism to german govt:

Germany wasn’t yet a country, but when luther referred to common culture as ‘germans’ against rcc, unifying nationalism attracted german govt to lutheranism (increase power)

Also, bc lutheranism was a lil communist-y, govt could legally confiscate lush farmlands, rich monasteries, and wealthy shrines; v attractive (increase $)
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Swiss war:

Charles v, in his vicious defense of catholicism, started beef with switzerland (collection of 13 largely autonomous states, technically part of his roman empire) for being protestant → super bloody, zwingli died in battle, people bugged pretty quickly → resolved peace treaty; each canton (state) could choose its own religion but had to give up all foreign alliances

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