Protestants sought religious freedom.
in the northern europe
Vicious purges and attacks on Protestants by the Catholic Church caused many protestants to flee to Britain and the Americas. However there are still plenty of Protestants left in Europe and several Protestant countries.
There are around 200,000,000 protestants in Europe, about 25% of the population.
It began as a conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Central Europe.
the protestants were the people who did not believe in the ways of the church. their name comes from the word "protest" as that is what they did. in the 15th century, Europe split into 2 groups, catholics and protestants.
At first they were persecuted, often called heretics.
Ireland
It was split between Catholics and Protestants.
Brought both protestants and catholics.
Geneva, the Protestants were lead there by John Calvin. Who was chosen to lead the French and Swiss Protestants.
Northern Europe had more protestants than Southern Europe, as Southern Europe remained Catholic/Orthodox. Scandinavia, Prussia, and Britain is mostly protestant while Germany, Italy, and Spain are mostly Catholic and Greece is mostly Orthodox
The Thirty Years' War