Diet of Frankfurt

Under his direction the Diet of Frankfurt (1310) closed the long-disputed question of the Bohemian succession by awarding the kingdom, with the consent of the Bohemian estates, to Henry’s son John. Thus, in common with the Habsburgs, the main weight of Luxembourg interests gravitated eastward. But Henry, unlike his…

…meet the rising costs, the Diet of Frankfurt was persuaded in 1427 to vote a general tax, the so-called Common Penny. But there was little enthusiasm in Germany for the Crusade; massive evasions of payment occurred, and the strength of local feeling hampered the coercion of defaulters.

…the German electors at the Diet of Frankfurt in 1446, he was created cardinal and only three months later, on March 6, 1447, was elected pope. Thenceforward his chief aims were, in his words, “without using arms other than those which Christ has given me for my defence, that is…