Switzerland is a country of little to no conflicts. “The overthrow of Vaud started when Zurich started the Reformation. Zwingli’s teaching, which was appealing to populations of the modern cities in Switzerland, grew to other parts of Switzerland. Apart from Solothum and Fribourg who didn’t convert over. Most of the cities went over to Protestantism. At this time Protestantism was the main religion. Zwingli on the other hand, found little response among the less. The will-educated rural population of central Switzerland. Not only for religious reasons, but because they were skeptical of what they saw as coming from over-powerful Zurich. The cantons found it hard to compromise anything with them. The cantons made an alliance between themselves
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Bern benefited from the weak point of Savoy. Who then ruled over a part of Canton Vaud a territorial place. At the same time. Citizens of Geneva were involved in a dispute with their bishop. Bern and Geneva shared feelings of hatred toward Savoy. They concluded an alliance in 1526 with each other. When the Bernese feared that the exhausted Savoy could be taken over by the French. They acted in 1536 and defeated Vaud, Chablais and the Pays de Gex the French’s main cities. Where Chablais and Pays de Gex are in France. Then the Bernese invaded Geneva in 1528. They were assisted by Fribourg and Valais. Geneva was allowed to keep its independence. Lausanne and Vaud as a whole were incorporated. Which were connected by a similar …show more content…
The Catholics mobilised their forces to strike back. Profane authorities in the Catholic areas took over many of the rolls of the bishops in such matters as judge and finance. In some cases even the nomination of priests.
Following the examples of the Reformers, the Catholics also built schools. The schools were run by the Jesuits (a member of the Society of Jesus). Cardinal Carlo Borromeo had made a great contribution to the Catholic renewal. He set up the collegium Helveticum in Milian in 1579 to train Swiss ministry.. Borromeo was glorified in 1610 and is considered as the guardian angel of Catholic Switzerland.
The Catholics won back some territory during all this. Some of the lordships readopted Catholicism after their victory at Kappel. Bern gave Chablais and the Pays de Gex back to Savoy in 1567. This happened after the intervention of the Catholic cantons. However, other regions stayed Protestant regardless of great pressure. This included the Toggenburg. Even though it belonged to the St. Gallen monastery. In some cases Cantons people were able to choose their own faith. Glarus stayed admissionable and Appenzell split in 1597. They split into Catholic Inner Rhodes and Protestant Outer Rhodes which was the religions that were most
Bern benefited from the weak point of Savoy. Who then ruled over a part of Canton Vaud a territorial place. At the same time. Citizens of Geneva were involved in a dispute with their bishop. Bern and Geneva shared feelings of hatred toward Savoy. They concluded an alliance in 1526 with each other. When the Bernese feared that the exhausted Savoy could be taken over by the French. They acted in 1536 and defeated Vaud, Chablais and the Pays de Gex the French’s main cities. Where Chablais and Pays de Gex are in France. Then the Bernese invaded Geneva in 1528. They were assisted by Fribourg and Valais. Geneva was allowed to keep its independence. Lausanne and Vaud as a whole were incorporated. Which were connected by a similar …show more content…
The Catholics mobilised their forces to strike back. Profane authorities in the Catholic areas took over many of the rolls of the bishops in such matters as judge and finance. In some cases even the nomination of priests.
Following the examples of the Reformers, the Catholics also built schools. The schools were run by the Jesuits (a member of the Society of Jesus). Cardinal Carlo Borromeo had made a great contribution to the Catholic renewal. He set up the collegium Helveticum in Milian in 1579 to train Swiss ministry.. Borromeo was glorified in 1610 and is considered as the guardian angel of Catholic Switzerland.
The Catholics won back some territory during all this. Some of the lordships readopted Catholicism after their victory at Kappel. Bern gave Chablais and the Pays de Gex back to Savoy in 1567. This happened after the intervention of the Catholic cantons. However, other regions stayed Protestant regardless of great pressure. This included the Toggenburg. Even though it belonged to the St. Gallen monastery. In some cases Cantons people were able to choose their own faith. Glarus stayed admissionable and Appenzell split in 1597. They split into Catholic Inner Rhodes and Protestant Outer Rhodes which was the religions that were most