HIS244H1 Lecture : Dynasties and Dynamics
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nation-states in the way we think of them today, don"t yet exist. major powers: spain (divided, however), hre (controlled by the habsburgs: religious protestant vs. catholics. german states north (protestant) and south (catholic) scotland (protestant in the south and catholic in the north) www. notesolution. com. In 1648, the end of the wars of religion: dynastic. he splits up his lands in 1519 between two successors, one getting spanish territory and the other getting the eastern territories. bourbons french and spanish (by the end of the lecture) thrones. along with dynasty, com merce was another source of tension between the dynasties. France and britain don"t make peace at the end of the 30 years" war. britain didn"t sign the peace of westphalia, continued fighting. dutch republic emerges: the peace of westphalia (1648) end of the use of religion as an excuse for war.
