The Thirty Years War : Early Modern Europe

The Thirty Years Wars began in 1618 in central Europe but most battles were fought within Germany. It was divided up into four phases, the Bohemian Phase, Danish Phase, Swedish Phase, and the French Phase. These phases are mostly defined by the primary military support that is being supplied from an individual country. The Thirty Years War began with Ferdinand II of Bohemia, a catholic, arranging to become the Holy Roman Emperor. Nobles met and agreed that they did not want Ferdinand II to become the Holy

    The Thirty Years War brought a lot of devastation to much of Europe during the early seventeenth century. It was an instinctive conflict between religious views in link about political rule that brought most of Europe that began in 1618 and ended in 1648.  The Thirty Years War intrinsically was fought primarily within the Christian community about which denomination that should ruled the Christian empire within Europe; whether Catholics, Lutherans, Protestant, or Calvinists.  The parts of the war known as the Bohemian Phase, Danish Phase, the Swedish Intervention, and the French Intervention. Each foreign intervention exceeded after the Bohemian Phase was an attempt to end the war which no avail occurred until

This war started when the Christians of Western Europe responded to a plea made by Pope Urban II asking for war against the Muslim forces in the Holy Land, Jerusalem. The Christians, Franks, or Crusaders as they are often referred as, started their long journey to take back the Holy Land. They did not have an easy task and they lost many men along the way and they pillaged and looted any city or village in their path. These Crusaders were on a vicious mission and when you look at the death and destruction that

The Thirty Years' War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, mainly in the Holy Roman Empire but also involving most of the other European countries.

The Hundred Year War was an astounding battle that took place between the 14th and 15th Century. The two sides in this war was England and France. It was started due to who should be the rightful successor of the throne for France, The two candidates where Edward III from england and Philip VI of France. This was significant because if Edward III got the throne France would belong to England. Due to the issue of power it led to the battles to come such as; The Battle of Crecy in 1346 and The Battle of Poitiers in 1356. By the time this war came to it’s end, both sides came out victorious in their own way.

The war broke out when King of Bohemia Ferdinand the second inflicted Roman Catholic Absolutism on those that he was in control of. In response to this notion, Protestant nobles rebelled in Bohemia and Austria. Catholic forces prevailed in 1620 at the Battle of White Mountain when they defeated the Protestant rebellion. Tensions between the Catholics and Protestants remained after the Battle of White Mountain. After being elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1619, Ferdinand shifted his Catholic aims to the lands of Germany where he sought to spread Catholic influence, which lead up to the second phase of the war, the Danish

Philip, Spanish kings. Philip I (the Handsome), 1478-1506, king of Castile (1506), was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy. He inherited Burgundy and the Low Countries from his mother and was titular joint ruler of Castile with his wife, Joanna. But her father ruled these lands as his regent, so he contested (1504) Ferdinand's regency and assumed (1506) joint rule of Castile with his wife. Philip's early death, however, and his wife's deteriorating mental condition allowed Ferdinand to resume joint control of Castile. The Low Countries passed to Philip's son, who later became Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Philip II, 1527-98, king of Spain (1556-98), king of Naples and Sicily (1554-98)

The Early Modern period in European history was a time of great upheaval, one that lead to shifting and changing views and policies in many fields; among these many historically important changes was the very beginning of the women’s rights movement. Although full-scale change in equality for women was (and some might say still is) quite distant from this time period, the embryo that will eventually grow into feminism and gender equality can be seen during this time period through the primary source documents left to us by those who wrote and worked during this “Early Modern” time. In this sense, I disagree with the position of Randolph Starn, as I believe this time period does deserve its own title, as it truly is a transitional period for European history, one in which the changes to come in the near future can be seen by those with a keen eye. The petitions of women to royal courts, the wills and bequests created by women, and the rise of Elizabeth as a capable English Queen, absent of a King altogether, shows how the gender divide is beginning to be re-examined by Europeans.

Throughout the Thirty Years War, it produced numerous melodramatic penalties and changed Western Europe in important spiritual, radical, and common habits.

A bloody war that engulfed all of central Europe as well as the interior effect it had on American people. To put the size of this war in perspective it was deemed “The War to End All Wars”. Starting in 1914 and spanning to 1919 Americas involvement isn’t until 1917. The war itself was inevitable but the spark that set Europe ablaze was the assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.The assassination occurred in the province of Austro-Hungarian

The War of Bavarian Succession first began when Joseph II of Austria attempted to acquire Bavaria to establish a Habsburg Monarchy within the country. As a result, Fredrick II of Prussia declared war on Austria, as a retaliation to Austria’s actions, and in support of the influential

There were four phases of this war. There was the Bohemian phase, the Danish phase, the Swedish phase, and the French phase. The war was fought for many different reasons such as religious, commercial, and territorial. This war began in 1618 when the eventual Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II who was in the place as the king of Bohemia. He tried to demand Roman Catholic dictatorship on his territory, but Bohemia’s and Austria’s Protestant nobles rebelled.

It is difficult to determine when the Thirty Years War really began. Ultimately, a culmination of events led to the tension between the countries of the Ottoman Empire. Prior to the war’s beginning on May 23, 1618, Europe was in a state of religious, political, and imperial turmoil. The Lutherans, Catholics, and Calvinists were all competing for religious dominance. Political leaders tried to advocate for their religions in the elections. There was much controversy regarding the new kings of Bohemia and political stress between the Bourbons and the Hapsburgs. War was

The Seven Years War took place between 1756-1763, and was mainly a result of trading rights between the French and the British. To prove this, this paper will provide information as to why the Seven Years War was seen as being the first World War because of this. As evidence, this paper will discuss details of the battles fought, the alliances and compacts made, and the end result a treaty that established rights to lands. (Major Conflicts)

Europe during the 16th century went through many changes. Due to the Renaissance and Humanism, Europe would see a great change in its structure, thus throwing itself into an age of creative individualism. The Renaissance infused Humanism into government and gave every man a right to his own will and future. This century also saw growth in the form of new lands, reformed government, and technological advances such as the printing press, which could not have arrived at a more perfect time. Europe was more literate and eager to learn than ever before, which can be credited to the Renaissance, and rapid growth of university. The mid 1500s also marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. All of these things considered, the Protestant Reformation may have been the most revolutionary event for Europe in the 16th century. It changed the way humans think about the Catholic Church and its politics. The importance of this reformation could not have been better stated than by Steven Kris in his lecture on the Protestant Reformation: