HIST 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Freaked, Little Ice Age, Fronde
Document Summary
It was an era of remarkable climate change. This was a greta deal of economic crisis, especially in central europe. Increased state authority and more effective ways of enforcing this. Took place between the hapsburg states and their supporters, and those who were against their enemies. Was brutally violent, crude, and a lot of land was razed. It was conflict between the catholics and protestants. The peace of auxburg told leaders that they could choose a religion, but their people then had to follow it. However, this truce started to deteriorate because of the faiths of the different areas shifting. The protestant union was a coming together in 1608 of protestant leaders, and all of these protestant prices decided to look out for each other and their interests. The catholic league would form in 1609 following this. The population of the roman empire would thus be split.
