The Thirty Years War was a series of battles that were fought primarily on German soil but also in Central Europe. Thirty Years War began 1618 and over the course of thirty years‚ it ended in 1648. The war started out as the Bohemian phase and lasted until 1621. The most important battle of this period was the Battle of White Mountain. Ferdinand II became King in 1617 and because they feared he would re-enforce Catholicism on them‚ they got rid of him and offered the crown to Frederick V. On November
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stage of the religious wars‚ it destroyed the hopes of a fully Catholic Europe from ever returning. The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 had brought a temporary truce
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During the sixteenth and seventeenth century‚ Europe was plagued with long years of different religious wars that would affect the course of history thereafter. The Thirty Years’ War‚ the last and final religious war of its time period‚ came to be one of the most devastating conflicts in Europe. Religiously and politically‚ the Thirty Years’ War reconstructed European life and was a significant turning point in history‚ as many religions and countries fought each other in a struggle for both power
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The Thirty Years War had a profound impact on the European society‚ religious grounds‚ and all the surrounding countries including Luxembourg. The Thirty Years War was fought starting in 1618 lasting until 1648. The main cause leading up to the events of the war was the fact that the Holy Roman Empire was too involved in the political‚ mental attitudes‚ and religious based feelings of the peasants and people residing in the land. Another fact of tensions adding up to the war‚ was Holy Roman Emperor
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what extent was religion a major issue for the combatants of the Thirty Years War? A series of wars in central Europe beginning in 1618 that stemmed from conflict between Protestants and Catholics and political struggles between the Holy Roman Empire and other powers. It ended with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/thirty-years-war#ixzz38kVKtFWu Thirty Years War (1618-48). The Thirty Years War had its roots in the dynastic and imperial ambitions of the house
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Consequences of Thirty Years War in Europe: Suffering of the Peasant Social Class Europe as a whole was drastically altered by the Thirty Years War and the Peace of Westphalia socially‚ economically‚ politically‚ and religiously. Politically‚ the Holy Roman Empire had lost power and was no longer the center of Europe as other countries began to take over‚ Germany was broken up‚ The Dutch and Swiss declared their independence from the weakening Spanish Hapsburgs‚ and France along with Sweden
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Why was the Thirty Year’s War fought? To what extent did politics determine the outcome of the war? Discuss the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Could matters have been resolved without war? The Thirty Years’ War was the last and most catastrophic war based on religion and politics. It took place between 1618 and 1648 in the Holy Roman Empire. The war can be split into 4 main wars which were the Bohemian Revolt‚ the Danish intervention‚ the Swedish intervention and the French intervention. The Bohemian
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The four stages of the Thirty Years’ War‚ which was fought mostly in the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany)‚ involved nearly all of the major powers of Europe‚ and was a war that used religion as a cover-up for politics. The war caused the demise of the Holy Roman Empire‚ and the rise of France as the new power in Europe. During the war new technologies also were used. The Thirty Year’s War was ended by the peace of Westphalia in 1648. Before the war‚ the Holy Roman Empire already began to
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Over the years I have come to the conclusion that my life is not a highway‚ nor is it like a box of chocolates; my life is more like the Thirty Years’ War. This was a European war that was fought from 1618-1648‚ and it can be considered the first real world war since most of Europe became involved. All of the fighting took place‚ however‚ within the Holy Roman Empire (Germany)‚ even though the poor Germans did nothing to deserve it. True‚ they were having their own civil war‚ but then all the other
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Originally‚ the cause of the war were religious issues. The Peace of Augsburg (1555) brought peace to the German states but only recognized Lutherans and Roman Catholics. Protestants‚ and later Calvinists‚ wanted religious freedom from the ruling Catholics. Add to that the fact that all the countries involved in these wars wanted to make themselves more powerful and you have a Molotov. The war started on May 23‚ 1618‚ when a crowd of Protestants stormed the royal castle in Prague and threw two members
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