This country’s early history is recorded in the manuscripts of the White Book of Sarnen. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this modern-day country whose history was chronicled by the 16th-century statesman Aegidius Tschudi (“CHOO-dee”). According to legend, this country was founded by three men who agreed to an alliance on the Rütli (“ROOT-lee”) meadow.
ANSWER: Switzerland [or Swiss Confederation, Confoederatio helvetica, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confédération suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, or Confederaziun svizrau]
[10e] The Rütli oath was sworn by men from Uri, Schwyz (“shvytes”), and Unterwalden (“OON-tur-VALD-in”), the three founding states of the Old Swiss Confederacy. In modern terminology, the Swiss Confederation comprises 26 of these member states.
ANSWER: cantons [or Kantone or cantoni or chantuns]
[10h] The Old Swiss Confederacy’s growing independence was one of the reasons that Charles IV issued this decree, which named the Seven Electors who would vote to determine the Holy Roman Emperor.
ANSWER: Golden Bull of 1356 CE [prompt on Golden Bull or Bulla Aurea or Goldene Bulle by asking “in what year was it issued?”]
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