Editing Peace of Westphalia (section)

===Tenets===

The main tenets of the Peace of Westphalia were:

* ''Ius reformandi'' was removed: Subjects were no longer forced to follow the religion of their ruler. Rulers were allowed to choose between Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name="IPM">Treaty of Münster 1648</ref><ref name="Excerpts">{{cite web |title=The Peace of Westphalia |url=https://pages.uoregon.edu/dluebke/301ModernEurope/Treaty%20of%20Westphalia%20%5BExcerpts%5D.pdf |website=University of Oregon |access-date=6 October 2021 |archive-date=17 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617200242/https://pages.uoregon.edu/dluebke/301ModernEurope/Treaty%20of%20Westphalia%20%5BExcerpts%5D.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1 January 1624 was defined as the normative date for determining the official religion of a state (though as stated above, subjects did not need to follow the designated official religion).<ref name=":1" /> This law was engrained into Imperial law, meaning individual princes could not abolish it. Ecclesiastical property was to be restored to the condition of 1624.<ref name="Excerpts"/>
* France and Sweden were recognised as [[Guarantor of the imperial constitution|guarantors of the imperial constitution]] with a right to intercede.<ref>Mary Fulbrook ''A Concise History of Germany'', 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2004), p. 60.</ref>