What is "diet of speyer"

Diet \Di"et\, n. [F. di[`e]te, LL. dieta, diaeta, an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but with the sense changed by L. dies day: cf. G. tag day, and Reichstag.] A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521. Specifically: Any of various national or local assemblies; as,

1. Occasionally, the Reichstag of the German Empire, Reichsrath of the Austrian Empire, the federal legislature of Switzerland, etc.

2. The legislature of Denmark, Sweden, Japan, or Hungary.

3. The state assembly or any of various local assemblies in the states of the German Empire, as the legislature (Landtag) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the Diet of the Circle (Kreistag) in its local government.

4. The local legislature (Landtag) of an Austrian province.

5. The federative assembly of the old Germanic Confederation (1815 -- 66).

6. In the old German or Holy Roman Empire, the great formal assembly of counselors (the Imperial Diet or Reichstag) or a small, local, or informal assembly of a similar kind (the Court Diet, or Hoftag).

   Note: The most celebrated Imperial Diets are the three following, all held under Charles V.:

   Diet of Worms, 1521, the object of which was to check the Reformation and which condemned Luther as a heretic;

   Diet of Spires, or Diet of Speyer, 1529, which had the same object and issued an edict against the further dissemination of the new doctrines, against which edict Lutheran princes and deputies protested (hence Protestants):

   Diet of Augsburg, 1530, the object of which was the settlement of religious disputes, and at which the Augsburg Confession was presented but was denounced by the emperor, who put its adherents under the imperial ban.

Diet of Speyer or Diet of Spires refers to any of the sessions of the imperial diets of the Holy Roman Empire, of which 50 took place between 838 and 1570 in the city of Speyer (Spires), now in Germany. The most famous sessions occurred in 1526 and 1529.

An incomplete lists of Diets of Speyer includes:

• Diet of Speyer (838)
• Diet of Speyer (1126)
• Diet of Speyer (1146)
• Diet of Speyer (1178)
• Diet of Speyer (1193)
• Diet of Speyer (1205)
• Diet of Speyer (1213)
• Diet of Speyer (1273)
• Diet of Speyer (1309)
• Diet of Speyer (1384)
• Diet of Speyer (1414)
• Diet of Speyer (1444)
• Diet of Speyer (1487)
• Diet of Speyer (1526) (Speyer I)
• Diet of Speyer (1529) (Speyer II)
• Diet of Speyer (1542)
• Diet of Speyer (1544)
• Diet of Speyer (1570) (Speyer V)

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 (or Spires, 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 Fourth Imperial Diet of Speyer, also referred to as the Diet of 1544, was a Diet of the Holy Roman Empire, called together on February 20, 1544 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles called the meeting because he wanted to fight a war against France, which he acknowledged required the support of the Lutheran princes, many of them members of the Schmalkaldic League. He received their support by granting them concessions and almost completely abandoning his Catholic position, disregarding the wishes of Pope Paul III. It was decided at this meeting that no formal action should be taken against the Lutherans until a free council met.