How Did The Thirty Years War Affect European Society

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 Ferdinand ll of Bohemia attempting to deprive the religious activities of the people, causing the peasants to revolt, and rebel. Along with Ferdinand ll and his role was Rudolf ll who also played a role in the tensions. Rudolf ll, being mentally
unstable, exploited his informal powers and was therefore distrusted by both the catholics and protestants. After his reign of power failed and collapsed, ambitious princes attempted to go with their own agenda and exploit religious problems in Germany. Mental attitudes played an important role as well. They caused hostile confrontations between the Emperors of Bohemia, Moravia, and upper Austria. The final straw that finally put the war into action was yet another Holy Roman Emperor, Matthias, who wished to recover land lost by the catholic church, but the monarch in Bohemia opposed so Matthias threatened the country of Bohemia. As a result of this threat, Bohemia army forces attempted to murder the Emperors governor in the spring of 1618. When the governor survived, they soon realized that armed conflict had become completely unavoidable. Both sides tried to find allies in Germany and Europe.
As a result of both sides attempting to find allies in both Germany, and Europe, Luxembourg was caught in the middle of this long, and deadly war.
Because Luxembourg is bordered by Belgium on the West and North, France on the South, and Germany on the North and North East, Luxembourg came under control of many surrounding countries, including France. The Thirty Years War included major powers of Europe with Sweden, France, Spain, and Austria, with the war waging primarily on german soil. In 1635, the entry of France, turned Luxembourg into a battleground, affecting the future of Luxembourg entirely.
As France entered, and took control of Luxembourg in 1635, and because of Luxembourg being as close to Germany as it was, Luxembourg became a Germanic and romance language community of Europe. The languages of Luxembourg resemble very closely to the surrounding countries. The war ended with the Treaty of Westphalia being signed in 1648. Today, Luxembourg is now a self governing country. The fallout of the war reshaped the religious activities and political matters of Central Europe. Many consequences did come out of the Thirty Years War such as well, such as the spread of diseases, and also weakened Spain as a country.
In conclusion, the Thirty Years War has been known as one of the constructive, and deconstructive war conflicts in the history of Europe. It clearly has been a long process not only shaping the history of Europe, but a few other countries as
well.