HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Commonwealth Of England, Counter-Reformation, Protestantism
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End of thirty year war in 1648. Possible because of merraiges and deaths which made charles v ruler of the vast empire. Territory: king of spain -> burgundian circle/franche comte/ territory in the. Archduke of austria + emporer of german holy roman empire. He was fighting protestants and muslim turks. Spanish + austrian habsburgs married -> chief burlwark of catholic faith. 1617-1619: ruler of austrian, bohemian, and hungarian islands. Ambition lead to thirty year war (1618-48) Two brances of habsburg = joint dynastic policy. Further chatholic counter reformation to strangle dutch republic and control withing hre. Denmark+ sweden and some german states against spain, austria and their german allies. War was essentially for religion but also to get power and land. The 30 year war was a defeat for the habsburgs. (spain defeated) End result: ferdianand iii threatened by conquest of own family land. 1648 : peace was signed but cardinal mazarin of france refused peace.
