01:790:324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Toleration, Mercantilism, Christian Republic
21 Jun 2016
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Test on everything up to globalization (westphalia not included) Peace of westphalia and context to the war. Solution to major international conflict which ripped european border apart. Thirty years war: began as a religious conflict in central europe in the provinces of holy. Catholic hapsburg dynasty ruled the holy roman empire. Protestant reformation and ideas of martin luther challenged the authority of hapsburg dynasty. Wanted to go against the established teachings of catholic church. Threat to the authority of imperial holy roman empire. Civil war quickly pulled in powerful actors of europe and became an international conflict. + spain (hapsburg in charge on catholic coalition) + spanish netherlands in the north (controlled by spain and run by the catholic. + sweden (economic superpower) and denmark (both on protestant side) + france (catholic, but fought on protestant side because france was already in 80 years war with spain) Hapsburg tried to impose imperial rule of catholic christian republic on europe.
