ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Royal Netherlands Army, Meritocracy

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Tom Douglas

Document Summary

The worst period of violence during the protestant reformation occurs from 1618-1648: All of western europe except for the u. k. were involved in this war. Over 7 million europeans die in this war as catholics and protestants fight each other. The ottoman turks were also involved siding with protestants. Many european cities were left with almost no adult men between the ages of 17-60 years old. The war ended with the peace of westphalia signed in 1648. Nation-state system we use today and push feudalism towards its end in europe. England had its own war separate from the thirty years war: english civil war/the. During this war, anglicans, who supported the monarchy, went to war with puritans who wanted to abolish the monarchy. The leader of the puritans, oliver cromwell, captured the english king, charles i. Charles i was put on trial for treason and later executed. Cromwell becomes a religious leader known as the lord protector .