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Hace 2 días · Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also Ort ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or Stand ('estate', from c. 1550), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period ...
Hace 5 días · Switzerland - Alps, Confederation, Medieval: The communities of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden were populated by a large number of free peasants. Originally, secular or ecclesiastic lords had sent them to clear the woods and cultivate the land in the severe environmental conditions of the Alpine valleys.
Hace 1 día · Old Swiss Confederacy A scene depicting the Old Zürich War in 1443 (1514, illustration in Federal Chronicle by Werner Schodoler) On 1 May 1351, the citizens of Zürich had to swear allegiance before representatives of the cantons of Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, the other members of the Swiss Confederacy.
21 de jun. de 2024 · Switzerland - Alps, Neutrality, Confederation: The expansion of the Swiss Confederation between the Battles of Sempach and Marignano (1515) caught the attention of the European powers.
Hace 3 días · Although supported by many peasants, the Swiss Reformation was most of all a success of the lay urban burghers and their councils, which took control of the spiritual and material power of the church and restrained the peasants, who in vain asked for the complete abolition of the tithe during the unrest of 1525.
Hace 1 día · In 1532 his beloved long-time mentor English Primate Warham died of old age, as did reforming cardinal Giles of Viterbo and Swiss bishop Hugo von Hohenlandenberg.
Hace 3 días · Zurich attempted to align with the Holy Roman Empire but that failed when Zurich was defeated at the Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in 1443. Zurich was eventually readmitted into the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1451.
