The Thirty Years

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Introduction

The thirty years of war which persisted from 1618 to 1648 was the most destructive and devastating event which took place in Europe and it is of importance to the European history although pre-eminently it was internationally seen as a German war . Almost all countries of the Western Europe took place in this war . The root cause of the thirty years of war was a religious struggle which was ongoing between the catholic and the protestant . This struggle was bound up in

imperial ambitions of the then house of Hapsburg . Princes were willing to trade their convictions in religious matters in exchange of political advantage . The protestant states were being supported by the catholic France from Spain and also the Holy Roman Empire . Different faiths and traditional rivalries made the war to be protracted

The thirty years of war

In the wake of the 17th century , parity existed between different faiths of the small principalities which were making up Germany . During this period , Catholicism and protestant faiths were at par with each faith having three electors of electing the emperor . The seventh vote or the final elector was the emperor who was the king of Bohemia Habsburg 's stability was undermined since the Protestants were the majority which led to the thirty years of the war . Initially , Hapsburgs were willing to tolerate the fact that the Protestants were the majority since the main threat was originating from Muslim ottoman Turks . Both the protestants and...