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2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564

The Swiss Reformation, the Kappel Wars and Marburg

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Recall questions on which Swiss cantons backed or opposed reform, the First and Second Kappel Wars and the Second Peace of Kappel, the failed Marburg Colloquy and a Church permanently divided by 1531.

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What caused the Second Kappel War (1531)?

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  1. 1

    How did the Reformation develop differently across the Swiss Confederacy?

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    It developed independently in different cantons, with Zurich under Zwingli becoming Protestant while the Forest Cantons remained Catholic

  2. 2

    Which Swiss cantons primarily supported the Reformation?

    Model answer

    Urban cantons including Zurich, Bern, and Basel

  3. 3

    Why did urban Swiss cantons support the Reformation?

    Model answer

    Civic authorities controlled church reform and benefited from secularised church property

  4. 4

    Which Swiss cantons opposed the Reformation most strongly?

    Model answer

    The rural Forest Cantons: Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne, and Zug

  5. 5

    How did the First Kappel War (1529) end?

    Model answer

    Without major battle through the First Peace of Kappel, which allowed each canton to determine its own religion but protected Protestant minorities in Catholic areas

  6. 6

    What caused the Second Kappel War (1531)?

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    Zurich's attempt to impose an economic blockade on Catholic cantons

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