Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Thirty Years' War
The Theirty Years' War was primarily caused by the fact that people wanted less power given to government and a great rise in religious tension and conflict. Many religious riots were cause by the separation of Protestants and Ferdinand's dislike for Protestants. People were killed because of their religion and beliefs or even who they followed as a leader. These conflicts split countries such as France into two and due to the instability of the Holy Roman Empire and other areas, the Thrity Years' War continued to kill many people. The Peace of Augsburg, which stated that princes could choose which religion would be practiced in their provinces, was one affect of the war. Another affect of the war was the deaths of millions of soldiers and innocent people, making the Thirty Years' War one of the most brutal in European history.
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I think your views on the 30 years war are definitely true. I believe this war was fought majorly because of religions disputes, which is what you stated to be true.
i agree with what you stated as the cause of the war. I wonder how the people reacted to the Peace of Augsburg, if whether or not they found it just.
Horney, I like your outlook on this war and have to say I agree with your points and ideas. I think it was very unnessary to have a huge war over silly religious tension.
What you belive to be the causes of the 30 years war are true, but it wasn't only religion that played a major role. It was also political tension between other countries. For example, Spain wanted to continue expansion and this cause tension with it's own provinces and other countries as well.
I also think that the 30 years War was a major conflict of religion, but it was also concerning political conflict and where religion and politics and authority shoudl overlap. The Pope was beginning to cross the line.
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