History A-Level
Failed diplomacy and confessional division
What Failed diplomacy and confessional division means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Failed diplomacy and confessional division
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Negotiations failed at three imperial diets, entrenching confessional division and making military conflict more likely, shaping the spread and survival of Lutheranism.
Topics that use Failed diplomacy and confessional division
- The spread and survival of Lutheranism, 1521–55 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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