<P> The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli , who gained the support of the magistrate ( Mark Reust ) and population of Zürich in the 1520s . It led to significant changes in civil life and state matters in Zürich and spread to several other cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy . Seven cantons remained Roman Catholic , though , which led to inter-cantonal wars known as the Wars of Kappel . After the victory of the Catholic cantons in 1531 , they proceeded to institute counter-reformatory policies in some regions . The schism and distrust between Catholic and Protestant cantons would define their interior politics and paralyse any common foreign policy until well into the 18th century . </P>
<P> The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli , who gained the support of the magistrate ( Mark Reust ) and population of Zürich in the 1520s . It led to significant changes in civil life and state matters in Zürich and spread to several other cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy . Seven cantons remained Roman Catholic , though , which led to inter-cantonal wars known as the Wars of Kappel . After the victory of the Catholic cantons in 1531 , they proceeded to institute counter-reformatory policies in some regions . The schism and distrust between Catholic and Protestant cantons would define their interior politics and paralyse any common foreign policy until well into the 18th century . </P>
who began the reformed movement ( a branch of the protestant reformation ) in zurich switzerland
who began the reformed movement ( a branch of the protestant reformation ) in zurich switzerland
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli