30 years war Flashcards
(28 cards)
what was the underlying problem that kinda started this
peace of augsburgs having problems
North germany is mainly ___
southern germany and austria is mainy __-
protestant
catholic
what does 30 yrs war lead to for germany
disintegration
phases of war
bohemian period danish period swedish period swedish-french period peace of westphalia
what kind of started the whole thing
HRE Ferdinand (catholic) sends ambassadors to Prague to meet with protestant nobles
protestant nobles threw ambassadors out the window
when word gets out, emperror is pissed and attacks prague
what is the throwing out window thing called
defenestration of prague
When HRE attacks prague, what is that battle called
Battle of white mountain
what is the result of battle of white mountain
czech nobility is wpied out and catholicism is reinstated in bohemia
phase 2) the danish period
all you rly need to know:
everything north of germany tends to be llutheran
phase 3) swedish period
sweden is lutheran
catholics are winning in germany and king of sweden sends troops to germany to save protestants
who is the famous king of Sweden who is known to be a great protestant that saves many of them who also died in battle
Gustavus Aldophus
Phase 4) French period characteristics
it’s basically a shit show. protestants and catholics are just killing eachother so its not even a battle just massacre.
in france during this period, who is basically ruling?
cardinal Richelieu
what does cardinal richelieu do?
sends troops to protestant side since hes worried about catholic victory
why is cardinal richelieu worried about catholic victory
because it will help the HRE because hes worried about hapsburgs winning and uniting germany
What is the result of french phase
french troops helops protestants so much that 1/3 of germany dies
Biggest loser and winner
HRE is biggest loser cuz so many people die
french is basically the winner
spain is set out the whole thirty year war… why are they not mentioned
spain has been on decline
they had worries about america
had big trouble with portugal and catalonia
peace of westphalia
renewed the peace of augsburg
besides just choosing lutherism or catholicism, it was now permitted to choose CALVNISM
At this point, HRE is: declining or rising?
declining
which country gets independence
Netherlands
which country remains under spanish control
Spanish netherlands (belgium)
What is the characteristic/outcome of 30 years war
no more purely religious wars in europe
no chance of united christian europe
which country comes out as most powerful in continental europe (excluding england)
france
