HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Total War, Rudolf Ii, Holy Roman Emperor, Augsburg
Document Summary
Restructuring of borders of europe; shifting political balance of power towards france & away from. Kings & princes saw warfare as being in best interest, but didn"t benefit their people. Concept of peace treaty & idea of collective security. Rise of lutheranism resulted in a century of fighting between protestants & roman catholics, really to try & work out political & economic structures, that used religion as a symbolic reason. Decree of augsberg (~) was meant to solve problems. Broke out @ fringes of europe in 1618 in bohema, would draw in almost every state in european continent. Spark: religious in nature, but had political implications. 1609: rudolph ii, holy roman emperor & king of bohemia, had promised toleration to hussites (proto- Protestants) of bohemia (attached to habsburg crown, consequence of clever marriage alliances) Dynastic accident: 1617, succeeded to habsburg empire: rudolph"s cousin, ferdinand (roman catholic zealot)
