The immediate cause was a Protestant revolt in Bohemia, which replaced Archduke Ferdinand of Syria, a Catholic, who was soon to become Holy Roman Emperor, with Frederick of the Palatinate, a Protestant, as their king.
the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 said that German princes could chose which Christian sect (Catholic or Lutheran) their own principality would follow, and the people living in that principality had to obey.
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Germany was not a country during the Thirty Years War. The German states that would later be unified into Germany were the main battlefields.
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1618.The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in the region that is now Germany, from 1618 to1648.The thirty years' war began in The Holy Roman Empire
No. The Thirty Years War, which stemmed from a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, did in fact last thirty years, from 1618-1648.
Yes, 1618-1648 are years of the Thirty Years' War, which was fought primaly on present Germany terrains and involved most of European countries (Poland was neutral).
It began in Prague, Czechoslovakia, but it was mostly fought in the area of Germany and Northern Europe.at the thirty years battle site
The reason for the battle of the Thirty Years' War was to battle for religious control of Holy Roman Empire.The Thirty Years War was caused by the split of the Catholic Church, oterwise known as the Protestant Reformation. Cavin's 95 Theses brought church corruption to the forefront of European's minds and the slpit caused political and religious strife, the Thirty Years War.
The thirty years' war started in prague
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The principal effect of the Thirty Years War was depopulation across much of Germany: it took the country a century to recover fully. The economy was similarly set back: not until 200 years later would Germany again become a leading economic force in Europe.