Political changes of 17th cent
When one looks at the religious wars, it is very difficult to identify a beginning and middle. People can argue that the seed for the wars was planted in the wars between the Calvinists and Hapsburgs, otherwise known as the Dutch and the Spanish. In addition, people can argue that the Protestant Reformation in Germany and other parts of Europe sparked these "religious" wars. It was inevitable that the growing division between Christian churches in Europe would lead to a series of armed conflicts for over a century. Protestants and Catholics would shed each other's blood in monumental amounts in national wars and in civil wars. These struggles would eventually destroy the European monarchical traditions themselves. But truly, were they even religious wars? Thus, the question arises. The Bohemian War, fought from 1618 through 1623 was most likely the one war that had anything to do with religion. After Mathais, Ferdinand the Second took over as the Holy Roman emperor. Being a passionate member of the Catholic Church, Calvinism was just out of the question in his book. No one in Bohemia would be allowed to carry out religious services in any way promoting Calvinism. The conflict went much further. The Bohemian princes became irrita
The end of the so-called religious wars is now approaching. To conclude, one must examine the French and Swedish war. Extensive warfare results all over Europe after Cardinal Richelieu declares war on the Spanish. By this point in time, no one even knew the point of all of the fighting. It was a lost cause, and ended up causing an incredible loss of life and property to people all over Europe. Estates and holdings of the people were being demolished, and the people were dying left and right. The Danish war almost immediately segued into the Swedish War. Richelieu got his nose involved in other business again, and somehow found funds to send forty thousand troops to the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus. The two distinguished that trade in the Baltic region had gotten into the wrong hands, and so the entire Swedish War was fought on the basis of regaining control of the Baltic Trade. The battle of Brietenfeld on the 17th of September 1631 proved that Gustavus Adolphus was supreme, and was therefore named to be the champion of Protestantism. In all of his glory, Adolphus makes a jubilant march towards the Rhine River. Albrecht von Wallenstein was re-appointed by the Holy Roman Emperor, with the general idea of putting a halt on Gustavus Adolphus's advances in the Baltic. To make a long story short, Adolphus's army defeats Wallenstein. On a side note, Adolphus was killed in the battle of Lutz
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