Treaty of Frankfurt (1539)

The Treaty of Frankfurt,[1] also known as the Truce of Frankfurt,[2] was a formal agreement of peace between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Protestants on 19 April 1539. The parties met at Frankfurt-on-the-Main,[3] and the Lutherans were represented by Philip Melanchthon.[4] The treaty stated that the emperor would not take any violent actions against the Protestants, who had formed an alliance known as the Schmalkaldic League, for fifteen months starting 1 May;[3] during this time both parties could try to resolve the differences in their confessions. As a result of this peace, the Schmalkaldic League lost the protection of France.[3]

Notes

1. Smith, The Age of the Reformation, p. 122.
2. Armstrong, p. 325.
3. Hagenbach, p. 235.
4. Smith, The Life and Letters of Martin Luther, p. 314.

Bibliography

• Armstrong, Edward (1902). The Emperor Charles V. Macmillan.
• Hagenbach, Karl Rudolph (1879). History of the Reformation in Germany and Switzerland. trans. Evelina Moore.
• Smith, Henry Preserved (1920). The Age of the Reformation. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
• Smith, Henry Preserved (1914). The Life and Letters of Martin Luther. Houghton Mifflin company.