the Thirty Years War had clearly resulted in many changes and effected many areas of

life. These changes occur politically, religiously, socially and economically. As the most

destructive event in German history, the Thirty Years War started as a conflict between

the Protestants and Roman Catholics, yet ended up as a fight for political power. The

war was divided up into 4 phases, the Palatine-Bohemian, Danish, Swedish, and French

phases. Though all the effects of the war were great, the change of political power was of

Although the war was disastrous in many ways, politically, it brought some

positive effects to certain countries, and death to others. In all of the Continent, France

became a leading power over Spain because of the weak and scattered Germany after the

war because the land was burned and fought on. Agriculture and trade was halted in all

ovince of Alsace. For Switzerland and the United Provinces of

Augsburg had basically been agreed to stand permanently, in which the effects were

The end of the Thirty Years War was marked by the Peace of Westphalia. The

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