The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Union" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Protestant Union">Protestant Union</a>, a coalition of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Germany">German</a> states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and Catholic German states.<sup about="#mwt37" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_14#cite_note-6" id="mwOA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwOQ">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt34" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFKeleyRaymond2002">Keley, Charles W.; Raymond, Gregory A. (2002). <i id="mwBnA">Exorcising the Ghost of Westphalia: Building World Order in the New Millennium</i>. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: <a href="./Prentice_Hall" id="mwBnE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prentice Hall">Prentice Hall</a>. p.<span id="mwBnI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>48. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBnM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBnQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780130163028" id="mwBnU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780130163028"><bdi id="mwBnY">9780130163028</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt34" class="Z3988" id="mwBnc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Exorcising+the+Ghost+of+Westphalia%3A+Building+World+Order+in+the+New+Millennium&amp;rft.place=Upper+Saddle+River%2C+N.J.&amp;rft.pages=48&amp;rft.pub=Prentice+Hall&amp;rft.date=2002&amp;rft.isbn=9780130163028&amp;rft.aulast=Keley&amp;rft.aufirst=Charles+W.&amp;rft.au=Raymond%2C+Gregory+A.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+14"></span></span>