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    Thirty Years War
    Thirty Years War
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    Thirty Years War

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    One of the longest wars in the early modern history of man
    was the Thirty Years War in Europe. It is also said that these
    wars were separate but they happened to take place at times
    that formed a sequence thus collectively they were named as
    Thirty Years War. However, the others say that it was a series
    of war in the Holy Roman Empire fought amongst the
    Protestants and the Catholics. The war deepened so much that
    soon some important powers also got involved in the war. The
    war ended only with the Treaty of Westphalia.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntroBooks
    Release dateDec 1, 2019
    ISBN9781393073024

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      Preface

      One of the longest wars in the early modern history of man was the Thirty Years War in Europe. It is also said that these wars were separate but they happened to take place at times that formed a sequence thus collectively they were named as Thirty Years War. However, the others say that it was a series of war in the Holy Roman Empire fought amongst the Protestants and the Catholics. The war deepened so much that soon some important powers also got involved in the war. The war ended only with the Treaty of Westphalia.

      Summary

      Between 1618 and 1648 Europe and her people were in the clutches of war. A was that was fought amongst different nations for various reasons such as religion, land, dynasty and trade rivalries. Once the war ended Europe was broken and its map had completely changed. While the historians mark the year 1618 as the beginning of the Thirty Years War its foundation had already begun a few years earlier. It began when the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II tried to impress Roman Catholicism in his territory when he was the King of Bohemia. His act infuriated the Protestant nobles of Austria and Bohemia who rebelled against their Catholic King. Ferdinand II was victorious in the revolts which took place for five years.

      The King of Denmark Christian IV had lost his Baltic provinces to Sweden earlier and in 1625 wanting to compensate the losses he tried to capture important regions in Germany. In 1629 Christian IV’s attempts were all in vain and it also saw Denmark lose its position as a European power. On the other hand Gustav II Adolf of Sweden also invaded Germany after he ended a war with Poland which

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