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    The statement "The Thirty Years War is both the end of the middle ages and the start of the modern age" is in my opinion very accurate. The Thirty Year’s War‚ was a series of declared and undeclared wars lasting between 1618 and 1648‚ primarily fought in Germany. The middle ages is described as being between the post Roman Empire and the Renaissance; 400 AD-1400 AD. During the middle ages people were controlled by the church. Leaders led by divine rule‚ deriving their power through God and the church

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    The Thirty Year’s War (1616-1648) was a series of wars mostly fought in Central Europe involving and affecting most of the countries in Europe. Although the first few years of the seventeenth century were relatively peaceful‚ however‚ in the empire‚ it was an unpredictable beginning to most brutal war of all time fought solely because of religion. It is said to be one of the most destructive wars in all of European history and also one of the longest wars ever recorded. It all unfolded when the Habsburg

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    Thirty Years War The thirty year old war which began in 1618 because of deep religious divide that was in Germany and other parts of Western Europe came to abrupt end at the Peace of Westphalia‚ signed in 1648. The three main reasons of war are: Protestants and Catholics rivalry within the Roman Empire‚ the Bourbon–Habsburg conflict for European supremacy and disputes between France and Habsburg. The thirty year war is considered as the ugliest war of Europe which had a huge human cost impacted

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    ended the Thirty Years War‚ has long been considered a turning point in the international system by scholars and historians alike but what quality was it that made this treaty any different from the dozens of other treaties signed across Europe in that century? The answer lies not only within the terms it’s paragraphs stipulated but within the time it occurred‚ with the parties that were involved in that conflict and more importantly the sides they chose to fight for. The Thirty Years War was not

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    The causes of the Thirty Years War can be traced as far back as the renaissance period. It was during the renaissance that such ideals as secularism‚ humanism‚ individualism‚ rationalism and above all else secularism was first apparent in main stream society (5). The Thirty Years War was one of the most important and bloodiest of the religious wars. An uneasy truce had existed in Germany since the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. This agreement allowed Lutheran and Catholic rulers to determine the religion

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    Should the Thirty years War be considered a religious war?  Why or why not? Trace the war in detail from 1618–1648 covering all the major events. More deaths have occurred over the years from Religious wars then from any other event. Whether it may be from gang violence to diseases‚ the death toll for Religious wars tops it all. The Thirty years War‚ which was from 1618 til 1648 (oddly enough 30 years) throughout the history of Europe‚ this has still been the most destructive conflict. The war was primarily

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    30 January 2014 Thirty YearsWar Essay The Thirty YearsYear War was a war between the Protestants and the Catholics that lasted from 1618‚ and after impacting countless numbers of people‚ ended in 1648. This war had a huge effect on the religious landscape of Europe and the rule of the Holy Roman Emperor was ended. The two individuals in this first hand account of the Thirty YearsWar‚ Peter Hagendorf and Hans Heberle‚ lived in the same time period but led very different lives. One was a mercenary

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    to lead to the Thirty Years War. Humanism‚ individualism‚ rationalism and most of all secularism first appeared in popular culture during that time period and are the core ideas. These ideas gave Luther the ideas for his reforms of the church and cause the protestant reformation which will then lead to a main force in the Thirty Years War which is secularism at the beginning. Protestant reformation drove Europe into a time a chaos such as the Middle East in today ’s world. The war raged all over

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    The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was a war based on the Protestant reformation. Prior to the war‚ the Catholic and the Protestants have had many conflicts. However‚ the Thirty Years War was the most revolutionary. The Thirty Years War is often divided into four phases. The first two phases were fought for religious purposes‚ however the became more political in the final stages. The Thirty Years War switched the purpose of war to politics rather than religion‚ thus modernizing Europe. Originally

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    The Thirty Years War: Causes‚ Issues‚ or Results The Thirty Years War was a series of European battles from 1618 to 1648‚ fought primarily in Germany. The Thirty Years war was one of the most devastating wars of the early modern periods. Ever since the Peace of Westphalia ended The Thirty YearsWar‚ the balance of political power among the countries of Europe has changed. In this paper I will show the main causes issues and results that came from the Thirty Years War. The Thirty Years

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