League Abbreviations

Several important leagues were concluded in the 15th-17th century, including the Augsburg Liga, the Ligue du Bien Public and the Ligue Catholique. In German history, the Catholic League is best known, which played a role in the prelude to the Thirty Years’ War. It was closed in 1609 by most of the Roman Catholic monarchs of the Holy Roman Empire under the leadership of Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria and was a reaction to the Protestant Union, concluded in 1608 by a number of Reformed German monarchs under the leadership of Frederick v, Elector of the Palatinate.

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