The Thirty Years’ War The Thirty Years’ War from 1618-1648 was a major turning point in European history‚ seen from a military revolution‚ by gaining larger armies‚ a religious revolution‚ through Catholicism no longer being the predominant religion‚ and the rise of France‚ through becoming the dominant nation in Europe. There was a huge military revolution‚ when king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden came into power during the Thirty Years’ War. Adolphus revolutionized the army in many ways. He organized
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The Holy Roman Empire had been a strong national entity since the latest 900’s where the First emperor‚ Ottoman 1 took power. Through marriages‚ treaties and alliances the empire grew to encompass Germany‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Hungary‚ and many other European nations. At the height of the empire a tragedy for its well being occurred. Martin Luther and other religious thinkers insinuated the Protestant Reformation. This tore the Empire apart and forced it to break it’s Spanish ties with King Phillip with
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and peace. One can argue that the Thirty Years War was fought because of political issues‚ however the war was fought because of religious difference between countries of Europe. Causes of the war started because of religious matters‚ the Peace of Westphalia comes into place setting an example of overcoming the years of destruction ‚ and the Resistance of Protestantism feuding with the Catholics‚ creating discrimination and almost
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forever be remembered in European History. The war did have multiple outcomes both positive and negative. The Thirty Year’s War represented a positive and negative turning point in Europe‚ positive because it inspired the creation of the Peace of Westphalia (which in turn created a new system for dealing with wars) and negative for it devastated Germany for many years to come. The Thirty Year’s War represented an extremely negative turning point for Germany. The wars for the most part were fought
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1. I think the French Wars of Religion was more about religious differences because ever since the French nobles became Calvinists‚ they would show independence from the central power. It created the conflict between Catholics and Calvinists where power was the main struggle making religion become a way bigger issue. The last of the wars would be the war of the Three Henry’s where it showed the overall religious differences between the Catholics and the Protestants. Which this was between Henry III
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the Swedes at Nordlingen in southern Germany. The deaths of both Gustavus Adolphus and Wallenstein‚ together with the exhaustion of both the Holy Roman emperor and the German Protestant princes‚ brought an end to the Swedish period of the war. The Treaty of Prague in 1635 strengthened the Hapsburgs and considerably weakened the power of the German
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Rise Of Austria & Prussia By:Hannah Baptiste 5/21/14 6. Westphalia was the first modern conference. (a) The Thirty Year War had began for mainly two reasons for political and religious causes. This conference was needed because the Northern Europe was totally exhausted and the countries that were involved in the Thirty Year War included Spain‚ Poland‚ Netherlands‚ Sweden‚ Denmark‚Switzerland and Germany and when the war ended the most of the European cities was in ruins a
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The Thirty Year’s War in Europe occurred from 1618-1648 on the issue of clashing and freedom of religions. It was a lengthy war with devastating loses on all sides that only ended with the Treaty of Westphalia‚ 1648. France came out as an all-powerful force‚ Germany and the Netherlands became independent‚ and the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved. The time of Absolutism (when one leader/monarchy has absolute power of their country) followed shortly after. The Thirty Year’s War led to an age of Absolutism
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System of international relations after the Peace of Westphalia and the Congress of Vienna: A Comparative Analysis. Introduction It is common knowledge that human history can be viewed from different perspectives. So‚ in terms of economic‚ for example‚ it appears as a history of modes of production‚ the logic of which was deeply analyzed by Karl Marx. But in terms of geopolitical history can be thought of as a consistent change of power units "world order"‚ or geo-political eras. Each era is characterized
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communities before the battles even truly began. Undoubtedly‚ there was an entrenched hatred among Protestants and Catholics‚ and religion often influenced European politics. After the Treaty of Westphalia had been signed‚ multiple religious differences were sorted out. The Habsburg dominance receded when the treaty disallowed them from dictating the religious beliefs of many European lands and the people in it‚ and established France as Europe’s most predominant power. Especially in the autonomous
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