Question

The original cantons within the Old Swiss Confederacy chose to adhere to this faith when the doctrine of cuius regio, eius religio spread to Swiss lands. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this faith that traditionally dominated the rural central cantons of Switzerland, like Uri and Schwyz (“shveets”), in opposition to Huldrych Zwingli’s Zürich.
ANSWER: Roman Catholicism [or Catholic church or Ecclesia Catholica; prompt on Christianity; prompt on Christian Union]
[10m] Uri and Schwyz formed the Christian Union to ally with Austria against the spread of Protestantism during this set of two wars; Zwingli died during the second of them in 1531.
ANSWER: Kappel Wars [or Wars of Kappel; or Kappelerkriege]
[10h] In 1845, the Catholic cantons opposed the dissolution of monasteries in Aargau in the Sonderbund, which was led by the head of a political party named for this ideology. In France, nonbelievers in this ideology, like Pierre Pithou and Edmond Richer (“ree-SHAY”), coalesced under the Gallican banner.
ANSWER: Ultramontanism [accept Ultramontane Party]
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Berkeley AColumbia B0000
Cornell AWaterloo100010
WUSTL ARutgers1010020