HIST 1003 Lecture : 1600s Notes
Document Summary
In 1578 division of the spanish netherlands: largely catholic south remained under. Hapsburg control, while the other states became an independent, protestant republic, the. Ferdinand( very catholic emperor: tension in 1617,18 b/w people and ferdinand. In 1624 the spanish decide to reopen the war against the dutch: they will march the spanish road and will take down the independent provinces, they can use this moment and reinstate their hold on the land. Imperial armies are looking the better: wealthy, bigger. In 1631, the imperial armies overrun magdeburg: about 30,000 dies, as catholic armies run amok, news of the sack becomes important propaganda for raising support for protestant cause. They don"t want to be surrounded by powers on all sides: by 1640s everyone is sick of the war, english fall into the civil war (broke and out 1641, french bankrupted, hre bankrupted, spain bankrupted.
