Second Kappel War
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The Second Kappel War, fought in October 1531, was a conflict during the Swiss Reformation. It stemmed from religious tensions between Protestant and Roman Catholic cantons within the Swiss Confederacy. Following a prior, less violent confrontation in 1529, the five Roman Catholic cantons launched a surprise attack on Zurich. Zurich's hastily assembled forces were defeated at the Battle of Kappel, and their prominent Protestant leader, Huldrych Zwingli, was killed. The subsequent Peace of Kappel confirmed the territorial status quo and upheld Roman Catholicism in disputed areas, influencing the religious landscape of Switzerland for centuries.12
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Johann Oecolampadius…Zwingli was slain in the Battle of Kappel, the result of political divisiveness over efforts to expand the Reformation, Oecolampadius was overwhelmed by shock and died soon afterward.
Read More…Zwingli was slain in the Battle of Kappel, the result of political divisiveness over efforts to expand the Reformation, Oecolampadius was overwhelmed by shock and died soon afterward.
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Huldrych ZwingliRelations with Luther…the resultant Second War of Kappel, Zwingli accompanied the Zürich forces as chaplain and was killed in the battle, the spot where he fell being now marked by an inscribed boulder.
Read More…the resultant Second War of Kappel, Zwingli accompanied the Zürich forces as chaplain and was killed in the battle, the spot where he fell being now marked by an inscribed boulder.
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SwitzerlandThe ReformationThe Second Kappel War began in October 1531, when the five Roman Catholic cantons launched an unexpected attack on Zürich, winning the decisive Battle of Kappel, in which Zwingli, serving as chaplain for Zürich’s forces, was killed.
Read MoreThe Second Kappel War began in October 1531, when the five Roman Catholic cantons launched an unexpected attack on Zürich, winning the decisive Battle of Kappel, in which Zwingli, serving as chaplain for Zürich’s forces, was killed.
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