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The Diet of Speyer or the Diet of Spires (sometimes referred to as Speyer II) was a Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held in 1529 in the Imperial City of Speyer (located in present-day Germany). The Diet condemned the results of the Diet of Speyer of 1526 and prohibited future reformation. It resulted in the Protestation at Speyer.
The Diet of Speyer or the Diet of Spires (sometimes referred to as Speyer V) was an Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire which took place in 1570 in the Imperial City of Speyer (also known as Spires, in present-day Germany). Diet. The Diet decided to allow printing only in free imperial cities, residences and
On 19 April 1529, six princes and representatives of 14 Imperial Free Cities petitioned the Imperial Diet at Speyer against an imperial ban of Martin Luther, as well as the proscription of his works and teachings, and called for the unhindered spread of the evangelical faith.
unrestricted control over their peasants. In fact, when the Imperial Diet met at Speyer the following year, some of the Imperial estates proved attentive to the rebels’ demands. As the Memorandum on Abuses (August 18, 1526) demonstrates, the Diet acknowledged and discussed the rebels’ grievances.
Diet of Speyer. The Diet was the deliberative body of the Holy Roman Empire. It was not strictly a legislative body, and more resembled a form of Medieval Great Council which would be convened irregularly at different locations. The Diet met in the German city of Speyer on numerous occasions.
The Diet of Speyer or the Diet of Spires (sometimes referred to as Speyer II) was a Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held in 1529 in the Imperial City of Speyer (located in present-day Germany). The Diet condemned the results of the Diet of Speyer of 1526 and prohibited future reformation .
The Diet of Speyer in 1529 introduces pre-publication censorship everywhere in the Holy Roman Empire. Every text now has to be approved by an official censor before it can be printed. 1586: The Star Chamber Decree. c. 150 BCE: The invention of paper.
