- There was The Peace of Augsburg that could only bring temporary truce in the religious conflict. It only reconized the Lutherans and Roman Catholics so whem Calvinism started to grow the peace was lost. They Calvins wanted equal recognition of their rights just as the others had.
- There was a direct conflict in the Hapsburg-ruled Kingdom of Bohemia, but this period was followed by many others that contributed.
Effects:
- The Peace of Westphalia: which ended the Thirty Years. It expanded the Peace of Augsburg to include the Calvinist which was a big problem before.
- The Holy Roman Empire turned into a number of virtually independant states.
- Switzerland and the Dutch Republic independance was recognized.
- The German states the right to make treaties and alliances, which weakened the Roman Empire.
- Sweden got Western Pomerania
- Brandonburg got Eastern Pomerania
3 comments:
Yes, the Roman Empire was greatly weakened, or i guess i should say colapsed, since it turned into different independant countries. This was a bases of how European countries are today and where they are. It shows that religion played a great role on the distribution of provinces and countries.
I like the way you organized your answer into bullets, it makes it much easier to read. But yeah, I also agree that the Roman Empire was weakened extremely and showed how big religion played a role in these times.
I like how you included the land that the different countries got at the end of the war as well as the series of treaties that ended it. A decline in population was also a big effect.
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