The Thirty Years War was a war that had a huge impact on life as we know it today, and it also helped mold the ideals of religious freedom. For so long, the Catholic Church was not only the sole accepted denomination of religion, but it was also a major political power that dominated the world for a period of time, and in some aspects still today have a great deal of influence politically in society. But the Thirty Years War was not only the most influential war, but also one of the most violent. This shows that the war was fought with dedication and faith in which people were willing to die for to preserve.

During this war, the world saw its first real movement away from the Catholic Church. Many different religious groups sought freedom in practicing their own beliefs without having to abide by the traditional Catholic beliefs, as the Roman Catholic Church had become corrupt in many ways. The church was strict on its subjects, yet church officials did not seem to have to comply to the same rules and regulations the church set forth for the people. One example of a break from the Catholic Church that had a significant effect was Martin Luther and the Lutherans. Luther long believe

In close, I would say that the most obvious outcome of the Thirty Years War is that there really was no winner. The Catholics sought to end the Protestant movement, and actually I think that after fighting over it for so long, both sides finally decided to put an and to the blood shed and reach a middle ground. Though there are still many strong beliefs that each side has that contradict the beliefs of the other, both the Catholic Church and Protestant churches in all denominations have the right to assemble, and the right to believe as they choose. Had the Thirty Years War not been fought, it is possible that we may still be living in a society where the Catholic Church was still the only acceptable religious faction in the world. When you look at it as a whole, you can see that all the lives lost and all of the blood shed were not for nothing.

The Thirty Years War is credited as being a religious war, but religion was not the only factor. Politics also played a big part as well. Though the Holy Roman Empire had a hand in much of the cause not only religiously but politically as well, different families and different rulers and kings struggled for land, power, and preservation of the throne within their families. Of course, since a country an

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