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Resources. Your textbook The Cave http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.html EDUCATION VIDEO http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-30-years-war-catholics-vs-protestants.html#lesson WEB PAGE http:// europeanhistory.boisestate.edu /reformation/ germany /30yw.shtml.

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  1. Resources • Your textbook • The Cave • http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/thirtyyearswar.html • EDUCATION VIDEO • http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-30-years-war-catholics-vs-protestants.html#lesson • WEB PAGE • http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/reformation/germany/30yw.shtml

  2. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) • Overview: This was the most devastating conflict in European history prior to the WW’s of the 20th century • Began as a civil war in Germany over religion but escalated into a continental battle over territorial and political ambitions • Years before the war German sides had been set • Protestant Union • Catholic League • Both groups created alliances with outside powers to gain their aid.

  3. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) • Following the Peace of Augsburg (1555) Germany stood divided between Catholic and Lutheran states. • Did not take into account the fastest growing religion at the time (post 1560) CALVANISM • The Holy Roman Emperor according to the GOLDEN BULL of 1356 was elected by a vote • Three states were Catholic • Three states were Protestant • The last was Bohemia (which way would they go?)

  4. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) • How to get Bohemia • Ferdinand II (the next Hapsburg in line from the traditional ruling house) promises Bohemia nobles he would respect their liberties if they elected him king of Bohemia. He could then vote for himself to be king of the HRE. • After being elected he broke his promise and thus incited the conflict with the Bohemian nobles

  5. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) • This event set of the DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE (1618) • Bohemian nobles throughout the two imperial officials and elect Fredrick V of Palatine as their new king. • The war can then be divided into 4 distinct phases

  6. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)– 4 Phases • See handout • 1 Bohemian • 2. Danish • 3. Swedish • 4. Franco - Swedish

  7. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)– A Peace • The PEACE OF WESTPHALIA (1648) • HRE no longer plays a major role in the affairs of Central Europe • Treaty formally recognizes the independence of Switzerlandand the Dutch Republic • France, Sweden Prussia (in Germany) and the Dutch gain in power • HRE and Spain fall to second tier powers

  8. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)– A Peace • Signaled the “nail in the coffin” of the Middle Ages • Recognized the internal rights of of each nation over its own religions affairs • Made it so there would never be religious unity in Europe. This was evidence by the minimal role the Papacy had in the negotiations • Germany suffered heavily with 20-33% of their population gone and a vacuum in power in Central Europe • Filled by Prussia and Austria

  9. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)– A Peace • Results • Europe underwent a military revolution. • Gunpowder • Pike men and musketeers • Massed volley (firing at the same time) • More flexible military tactics with lighter more mobile Calvary • To pay for war and deal with overseas complexities governments grew larder and more centralized • Warfare became primary function of European States • Often up to 80% of their budgets

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