The Thirty Years' War

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The 30 years war was a conflict that put most of Europe in ruins. It lasted from 1618 to 1648, and it mostly involved Germany, but the Holy Roman Empire, and many more countries in Europe were involved as well. It was also a conflict between Protestants and Catholics. IT began in 1617 when Emperor Mathias wanted his heir Ferdinand II to be his successor , in order to make sure that a Catholic would be the Emperor. He then continued to closed down protestant churches, and protestants in Bohemia were very unhappy, and they revolted. Hungarians and Austrians joined Bohemia in the revolt, while Ferdinand received the aid of Maximilian of Bavaria, who had the largest army in the empire. With more help from Spain and Poland, Maximilian defeated the Bohemians at White Mountain, near Prague.
The period of 1625 to 1629 was called the Danish period. During this time the ruler of Denmark King Christian IV ironically supported Protestants against Ferdinand II. With the help of Albrecht von Wallenstein and 50,000 men, Ferdinand defeated Christian. Other Protestants elected Fedrick V the king because they didn't believe that Ferdinand was their king. Frederick was German, Calvanist, and he headed the Protestant Union, which provided him Bohavian rebels.
Alarmed at all the Christian victories King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden became the new protestant leader. Sweden and France formed an alliance and fought against the Hapsburgs. The Swedes won many battles and defeated a notable imperial commander Tilly. They also defeated Ferdinand II and Wallenstein at the Battle of Lutzen, but their leader Gustavus was killed. Later It was discovered that Wallenstein had secret negotiations with Sweden and France, so he was assassinated.
The result of these two peoples deaths was the Treaty of Prague. This strengthened the power of the Hapsurgs and weakened the power of the German Princes. This treaty ended when the French intervened in the war. France had great success against Spain, which allowed the French to send more forces to fight against Germany, which helped Emperor Ferdinand II. Emperor Ferdinand eventually died in 1637, and he was succeeded by his son Ferdinand III. Peaceful negotiations began in 1642, but these negotiations were not successful until 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia. This treaty weakened the authority of the Holy Roman emperor. This also expanded the Peace of Augsburg to Calvinist, Catholics, and Lutherans. The end of these wars left Hapsburg Spain isolated.
Because of these wars, the Holy Roman empire was reduced to one nation. The emperor ruled Germany as a monarch, but could not rule over other European countries. Another outcome was that the pope became a minor voice in politics. He would speak out on political affairs, but his comments were ignored. The final outcome was that religious lines were sharply drawn in Europe. Lutherans were mostly located in Scandinavia, Prussia, and some parts in southern Germany. Calvinists lived in Switzerland, Holland, and Scotland. England had its own unique church, and the rest of Europe was mostly Catholic. And because of this religion became less important than national identity.

Sources:
http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.html
The Church Through History Book
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14648b.htm
http://www.strategos.demon.co.uk/tywhome/

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[Smael64]

whats the name of the song at the start?

[anthonyx860]

@Smael64 the song is "two mandolins" /watch?v=EhdZfaHguiE

^^there's the second half of the link to it.

[anthonyx860]

yes, we know most of the pictures of the documentary are far off, but we were on a time crunch, and the audio was the main focus. pictures just made it visually interesting :P

[JediHobbit89]

Very nice song. What's it called?

[anthonyx860]

@JediHobbit89 the song is "two mandolins", out of a medieval videogame /watch?v=EhdZfaHguiE

^^there's the second half of the link to it.

[TheCrazyhorse36]

This was one of the most important and least taught events, in world history. Most schools just glaze over it, if its even mentioned at all.

[fx2py]

"because of this, religion became less important"

How true, thanks to the Protestant Revolt beginning in 1517 which gave rise to the Masonic Revolt from Protestant England in 1717 which gave rise to socialism & the Communist Revolt in 1917. That led to the disunity, dechristianization & secularization of the West.

We also have modern capitalism which began with the looting of Catholic Church property by Protestants, combined with Jewish-inspired usury banking condemned by the Catholic Church.

[BayAreaOrBust]

Oneof the bloodiest and most effective wars in history; Christianity was forever changed in Europe and the world after this.

[DiabloDF85]

"It lasted from 1618 to 1648, and it mostly involved Germany, but the Holy Roman Empire, and many more countries in Europe were involved as well... "

I stopped watching right there. oO

[kingtoad53]

Oversimplified, but basic and adequate. C.V. Wedgwood's _The Thirty Years War_, originally published in 1938, is still the standard text in English of the history of the Thirty Years' War. Being descended from German and Danish Lutherans, this protracted conflict has always fascinated me.

[MrThundermouth]

@Krauten2 Damn right son, my little Sweden saved France and Germany. Without us USA would all have been catholics, believe me....

[jupiterflunk92]

Thank you soo sooo much, I can't be fucked to read my textbook..:)

[darthvadersith514]

All of this happened while American colonization was going on? Wow....

[psychic22ruger]

we are so deprived or this sort of history in theU,S, i got here thru the horrible histories. what a great way to learn and be taught.beautiful job.l