He enlisted support of Florence, France and even of Emperor Maximilian. League_events.9.d: 'In 1508, Pope Julius II set-up a league against the Republic of Venice which he disliked and found too powerful in Italy. League_events.9.t: 'The League of Cambrai ' French troops decimated the Venetian army at the battle of Agnadel in 1509, but the Republic managed to break the league by concluding separate peace with her opponents. League_events.8.d: 'In 1508, Pope Julius II set-up a league against the Republic of Venice which he disliked and found too powerful in Italy. League_events.8.t: 'The League of Cambrai ' 'Д®vangelical_union_catholic: 'Evangelical Union 'Д®vangelical_union_protestant: 'Evangelical Union ' As a reaction, most German Protestant states formed the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and is banned from the Empire. The power of the Emperor was quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them, as Rudolph II, increased frictions. League_events.7.d: 'The Holy Roman Empire had a fragile balance, split between 10 major and nearly 400 minor states and principalities, as well as two opposing religions. League_events.7.t: 'The Evangelic Union ' 'Д¬atholic_league_catholic: 'Catholic League 'Д¬atholic_league_protestant: 'Catholic League ' The stage was set for the Thirty Years War. Feeling the urge to unite, they regrouped into a Catholic League that same year. League_events.6.d: 'The German Catholic states felt threatened by the 1608 creation of the Evangelic Union of their northern Protestant neighbors, following the Donauwerth exclusion from the Empire. League_events.6.t: 'The Catholic League ' Schmalkaldic_league_not_join: 'Refused Schmalkaldic League ' Schmalkaldic_league_catholic: 'Schmalkaldic League ' Schmalkaldic_league_protestant: 'Schmalkaldic League ' League_events.5.a.tt: 'This will bring us closer to the Protestant states in the Empire as well as any rivals of the emperor. League_events.5.a: 'Give it your support ' The League enjoyed early successes in the years 1532-1540 as the Emperor was threatened by Turkish danger and forced to conclude Religious peace settlements in Nuremberg (1532) and Kaaden (1534). League_events.5.d: 'After Emperor Charles V had rejected the Protestants confessional positions at the Imperial Parliament of Augsburg (1529-1530), the North German Protestant Imperial estates formed the League of Schmalkalden, with a joint army and treasury and seeking ties abroad (France). League_events.5.t: 'The League of Schmalkalden ' We are not able to convince $FROMCOUNTRY$ of the benefits of containing France. League_events.4.d: 'It seems our diplomacy have failed. League_events.4.t: '$FROMCOUNTRY$ refuses the League of Augsburg ' $FROMCOUNTRY$ have joined our coalition, and together we will destroy the French. We have aimed to contain the expansionism of France. League_events.3.d: 'Our diplomacy has succeeded. League_events.3.t: '$FROMCOUNTRY$ joins the League of Augsburg ' Not_league_of_augsburg: 'Refused League of Augsburg ' Joined_league_of_augsburg: 'Joined League of Augsburg ' League_events.2.b: 'We are friends of France! '

The continued French claims and expansion to the detriment of the Habsburg possessions and the German states of the Empire led to the creation of the anti-French League of Augsburg (1686). League_events.2.d: 'The reunion policy of Louis XIV had been forced upon by the Empire in the 1684 by the Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683). League_events.1.b: 'It is not in our interest! ' League_events.1.d: 'The reunion policy of Louis XIV had been forced upon by the Empire in the 1684 by the Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683). League_events.1.t: 'Forming the League of Augsburg ' Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below.

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