points for discussion: how to achieve a settled peace in the wake of the Bohemian Revolt and its ramifications; the funding of defences of the Hungarian frontier with the Ottoman Empire; security on the border with the Dutch Republic, then engaged in an ongoing war with Philip IV of Spain; issues of jurisdiction and jurisprudence within the empire, particularly in the Reichskammergericht; and the control of inflation within the empire. The first point included the transfer of the electoral dignity from Frederick to Maximilian. This was the main and most contentious issue before the diet, with the Protestant princes, Archbishop Schweikhard of Mainz, and the Spanish ambassador all opposing the transfer. As it would secure a permanent Catholic majority in imperial elections, the papal nuncio was among the transfer's foremost proponents. Spain and the Archbishop of Mainz both argued that it would make it harder to achieve a lasting peace with the Protestant princes. Schweikhard was eventually won over by a compromise agreement reached on 21 February that the transfer would not be in perpetuity, but solely for the lifetime of Duke Maximilian personally. While the representatives of the Lutheran princes recognised the emperor's right to place Frederick under the imperial ban, they argued that the electoral transfer could only go ahead with the unanimous consent of the other electors, and that a lasting peace could only be secured by showing clemency, recommending the restoration of Frederick's German lands to his heirs, and a general amnesty for Bohemian Protestants. The emperor rejected calls for an amnesty and asked the participants to respond in writing to the proposals he had placed before them, with the question of funding the Hungarian frontier to be held over for a future diet. As no final response could be agreed among the participants, three different responses were submitted: one from the Catholic electors and princes, one from the representatives of Saxony and Brandenburg, and a third from the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. The Catholics advised that Frederick be stripped of the electoral dignity but should be received back into favour if he made a formal submission and declaration of obedience, with a future assembly to settle the issue of his territory and other titles. The representatives of Saxony and Brandenburg maintained their earlier position that the electoral transfer would make a lasting peace settlement more difficult to attain. The landgrave insisted that the electoral transfer was