Andreas Kunz, Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany

Using GIS to Construct an Interactive Map of the Religious-Confessional Division of Central Europe in the 17th Century

PNC 2013

Annual Conference and Joint Meetings

Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan

December 11, 2013

Mainz Team:

Johannes Wischmeyer, Katrin Bodschwinna, Patrick Loewert

Main source: http://www.atlas-europa.de (Digital Atlas of Europe since 1500)

Religions in Europe in 1500

Religions in Europe in 1555

Impact of the Reformation

Religions in Europe in 1648

1517-1648 ChristianityDivided:

Confessional Boundaries

Source:GHI-Washington / IEG-Mainz(2007)

1648

Our territorial GIS

(c. 1500 units)

1648

GIS-Data

Subsetlinked to 360 souverain states and Imperial territories

Confession of the ruling monarch attached to territorial units

cuius regio / eius religio principle of 1555

1648

GIS-basedconfessional map

Confession of the ruling monarch attached to territorial units

[cuius regio / eius religio principle of 1555]

1648

Excerpt Map

1648Swiss Confederation

Inter/Intra-Confessional Splits

Letter code:

ka: Catholicre: Reformed pa: Parity rule mk: multi-confessionalge: confession at local basis

1648

GIS-Data

Subsetlinked to 360 souverain states and Imperial territories

Confession of the ruling monarch attached to territorial units

cuius regio / eius religio principle of 1555

1648Excerpt MapDecoded

Number-Code

1: Imperial Abbeys

2: Ecclesiastical States (princely)

3: Ecclesiastical Orders (imperial)

4: Imperial Cities

5: Imperial Knights

1648

Confessional Divisions

The InteractiveMap

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