1519

August 30: Condemnation of Luther's writings by the faculty of theology in Cologne

1520

June 15: Papal bull Exurge Domine excommunicates Luther

September 28: Edict of Charles V demanding immediate surrender of Lutheran works

October 19: Ordinance of Charles V instituting the new Privy Council

1521

March 20: Edict of Charles V against Lutheran works; penalties include confiscation of goods and other undefined punishments

May 8: Edict of Worms issued by Charles V

1522

April 23: Frans vander Hulst instituted by Charles V as inquisitorgeneral for the Low Countries

April 29: Edict of Charles V demanding that local officials cooperate with Frans vander Hulst

1523

September 4: Edict of Margaret of Austria, limiting the powers of Frans vander Hulst

1525

September 24: Edict of Charles V against heresy

1526

March 31: Edict of Charles V authorizing New Christians to reside in the Low Countries

1529

February 27: Edict of Charles V demanding adherence to edict of March 31, 1526, regarding the New Christians

October 14: Edict of Charles V against the writings of Luther and other Reformers; introduces death penalty for punishment of intellectual crimes of heresy

1531

October 7: Edict of Charles V against heresy

1532

August 14: Letters of Charles V revoking right of New Christians of Portugal to enter the Low Countries on their way to Salonika

1535

June 10: Edict stipulating death penalties for Anabaptists

1537

February 27: Letters of the emperor permitting New Christians of Portugal to reside in Antwerp

1538

June 10: Edict against the Anabaptists

1540

September 22: Edict against heresy

December 16: Edict demanding that the local officials of Antwerp prosecute the secret Jews in their city

March 2: Ordonnance of Charles V to Council of Brabant; contains list of books dangerous to the faith

1544

June 25: Edict stipulating measures to be taken against New Christians of Portugal

December 23: Edict of Charles V demanding republication twice per year of the edict of September 22, 1540

1545

January 24: Edict concerning fugitives suspected of heresy

1546

June 30: Antiheresy edict pertaining to the printing of books and the organization of schools

1549

July 17: Edict demanding the expulsion of Portuguese New Christians from the Low Countries…