History 1265 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
28 Sep 2016
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Think supranationally not countries as a container. Germany acquired a reputation as a predatory, military power. But germany very much provided the battleground for other people"s armies: the thirty years war was a great symbol of that. The thirty years war and its impact: geopolitical. The rest of europe was concerned with possible domination of the continent by the habsburg dynasty (holy roman empire in vienna) Threat to the autonomy of the german territories: religious. Habsburgs also presented a religious threat to protestants. Thirty years war broke out in 1618 following the bohemian (?: list of the powers which were engaged in the thirty years war at some point or other. Sweden: first phase - imperial forces are initially met with failed denmark push (danish intervention, second phase has sweden entering into the war. Gustavus adolphus wreaked enormous damage on german territory, so he was quite destructive. Nonetheless, gustavus adolphus becomes a german hero for quite some time (for protestants)
