Catholic Cantons

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Establishment

• October 1531: As the Catholic cantons refused to help the Three Leagues (Drei Bünde) in the Grisons during the Musso war against the Duchy of Milan, Zürich promptly considered this a breach of contracts between the confederacy and the Three Leagues and declared an embargo against the five alpine Catholic cantons. Pressed by the food embargo, the Catholic cantons declared war on Zürich.

Chronology

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1. European wars of religion

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

1.1. Second War of Kappel

Was an armed conflict in 1531 between the Catholic and the Protestant cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the Reformation in Switzerland.

• October 1531: As the Catholic cantons refused to help the Three Leagues (Drei Bünde) in the Grisons during the Musso war against the Duchy of Milan, Zürich promptly considered this a breach of contracts between the confederacy and the Three Leagues and declared an embargo against the five alpine Catholic cantons. Pressed by the food embargo, the Catholic cantons declared war on Zürich.
• November 1531: The peace that ended the war, the so-called Zweiter Landfrieden (Second Territorial Peace), caused the dissolution of the Protestant alliance. It also prioritized Catholicism in common territories, but allowed parishes or townships that had already converted to remain Protestant.

Disestablishment

• November 1531: The peace that ended the war, the so-called Zweiter Landfrieden (Second Territorial Peace), caused the dissolution of the Protestant alliance. It also prioritized Catholicism in common territories, but allowed parishes or townships that had already converted to remain Protestant.