1. 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: (Digital Atlas of Europe since 1500)

3. Religions in Europe in 1500

4. Religions in Europe in 1555
Impact of the Reformation

5. Religions in Europe in 1648

6.
Christianity
Divided:
Confessional Boundaries

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

8. 1648
Our territorial GIS
(c units)

9. 1648
GIS-Data
Subset
linked to 360 souverain states and Imperial territories
Confession of the ruling monarch attached to territorial units
cuius regio / eius religio
principle of 1555

10. 1648
GIS-based
confessional map
Confession of the ruling monarch attached to territorial units
[cuius regio / eius religio
principle of 1555]

11. 1648
Excerpt Map

12. 1648
Swiss Confederation
Inter/Intra-Confessional Splits
Letter code:
ka: Catholic
re: Reformed pa: Parity rule mk: multi-confessional
ge: confession at local basis

13. 1648
GIS-Data
Subset
linked to 360 souverain states and Imperial territories
Confession of the ruling monarch attached to territorial units
cuius regio / eius religio
principle of 1555

14. 1648
Excerpt Map
Decoded
Number-Code
1: Imperial Abbeys
2: Ecclesiastical States (princely)
3: Ecclesiastical Orders (imperial)
4: Imperial Cities
5: Imperial Knights

15. Confessional Divisions
1648
Confessional Divisions
The Interactive
Map