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[Glen]

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[Keenir]

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Alpine Pact: Mantua: 1533: A daughter of the house of Gonzaga persuades her father to install Wolfgang Junker in their residence -- given that the Gonzagas are rivals with the Bonacolsi for the rule over Mantua*, the Gonzagas have now strengthened what support they had from the lower classes.
* = both houses agree to their treaties and agreements with other Pact nations.

Alpine Pact: Mantua: 1533-1547: Wolfgang Junker continues his wandering missionary work in Mantua, taking refuge from the winter cold by retreating to the Gonzaga court; among his converts are Cristopher Gonzaga the son of the lord who installed Junker (r. 1541-49)...though Junker's own wife (the lord's persuasive daughter) never left Catholocism.
Two effects on Junker's denomination are immediate -
1. adherents view it as permissable to take a wife of another denomination (permissible, not neccessarily preferable)
2. women are discouraged, if not prevented, from spreading the Word.

[Glen]

1533:

Mantua:

A daughter of the house of Gonzaga persuades her father to install Wolfgang Junker in their residence. Given that the Gonzagas are rivals with the Bonacolsi for the rule over Mantua, the Gonzagas have now strengthened what support they had from the lower classes. Both houses agree to their treaties and agreements with other Pact nations.

1533 - 1547: Wolfgang Junker continues his wandering missionary work in Mantua, taking refuge from the winter cold by retreating to the Gonzaga court; among his converts are Cristopher Gonzaga the son of the lord who installed Junker (r. 1541-49)...though Junker's own wife (the lord's persuasive daughter) never left Catholicism.
Two effects on Junker's denomination are immediate -
1. adherents view it as permissable to take a wife of another denomination (permissible, not neccessarily preferable)
2. women are discouraged, if not prevented, from spreading the Word.

[AJNolte]

Saxony:
1533: A group of peasants present their demands for more equitable treatment from their lords to the estates, where the lords set upon them and drive them out of the chamber. The peasants appeal directly to PhilipAlbert, who hears their grievances and, partially to further weaken the great nobles in Saxony, agrees to some of the demands. These include:
1. A fixed rate of taxation across all of Saxony: no lord may charge his peasants more than fifteen percent of their income in taxes.
2. Every village shall have the right to a village council, to be elected by the people of the village.
3. Fixed rate of toll: there shall be one toll rate for all roads and rivers in Saxony regardless of the lord through whose territory the road or river shall run, and no lord may levy a toll without the permission of the estates and the duke.
4. For the purpose of the spiritual education of the people of Saxony, every lord shall ensure that the children of his peasants have the ability to read the scriptures.

These reforms caused consternation among the great nobles of Saxony, but were widely applauded by the peasant and merchant classes.

Hanseatic and Teutonic Federation:
1533: the HTF officially positions the emperor for an electorate of it's own, with the elector to be chosen by the diet of the HTF at whichever time an election shall be held.