HIS109Y1 Lecture : The Thirty Years War.pdf
Document Summary
30 years war changed the nature of the european continent. It put an end to the holy roman empire and created the hapsburg empire. This would be the spark of the 30 years war. 1609 - holy roman empire promised toleration of the protestants in bohemia. 1613 - ferdinand took over, and was strongly catholic. Wouldn"t tolerate protestantism ( the hussites ) in bohemia. The bohemians - put fredrick as there king. Ferdinand couldn"t accept this, and therefore he invaded bohemia. In prague, bohemia - people threw the administrators out. 1620 - hapsburgs and protestants from bohemia met - protestants lost. A catholic nobility was put to rule in bohemia. Priests and missionaries were brought in to convert people. Was able to build a private army that was used by the habsburg empire. Wallenstein was the leader of the mercenaries leader. He gave them the opportunity to be professional thug.
