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Schmalkalden

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[shmahl-kahl-dn] / ˈʃmɑlˌkɑl dn /

noun

  1. a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.


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And if in the Augustana. the expression of this conviction was suppressed for political reasons, in the Articles of Schmalkalden, drawn up by him, Luther propounded it in the most uncompromising fashion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

It refused to subscribe the Augsburg Recess, but at the same time it was not till 1536 that it was persuaded to join the League of Schmalkalden.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

But the two chiefs of the Schmalkalden League, John Frederick of Saxony and Philip of Hesse, showed a timidity almost amounting to cowardice in this emergency.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

The League of Schmalkalden, as it is called, represented so much military strength, that king Ferdinand became alarmed and advised a more conciliatory course towards the Protestants.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

In this same year the Schmalkalden War broke out, and Agricola was called to personal attendance upon the Duke Maurice in a diplomatic and advisory capacity.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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