Thirty Tyrants

1. The upmost important reason for economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650 was an incredible inflation among other things. The Spanish empire brought tons of gold back to Europe and caused the value of gold to plummet. Since this was a situation that Europe had never experienced, they didn't understand it. More gold was supposed to be good, right? Suddenly prices started to rise for no reason. Also in Spain, unlike gold, there was very little silver being produced at the

many wars in the past, and wars still happen around the world today. Humans overestimate the effects of this button and there has been times in history, where we almost pressed it. An example of an important and deadly war that took place was the Thirty Years’ War. It was one of the bloodiest wars

Thirty Years’ War The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars fought in the Holy Roman empire, involving most of the countries within, the war lasted 30 years. This war massively affected europe and created a cultural divide between catholics and protestants. Philip III of Spain attempted to continue the foreign policy views of his father, Philip II, which basically meant that Spain had to be kept ready for war. Thus in 1618, when Ferdinand II, heir apparent to the throne of Bohemia, began to slash

Hitchcock described his film, The Thirty-Nine Steps, as “a film of episodes. He made sure the content of every scene was very solid, so that each one would be a little film in itself” (Truffaut, p.95). The sequence “The Crofter and His Wife” is one of the sections that acts as a film within the film. The central theme of this sequence is character entrapment. At around mark 26:30, the scene opens with a view of the countryside which appears to be picturesque and peaceful. However, it is clear that

The Thirty Years War was an enormous conflict the likes of which Europe had never seen before. It was a war that destroyed millions of lives. It would be almost 300 years before another European war would be so destructive to the populace. The war started much simpler than it ended. Long before the end of the war both sides were exhausted. Despite this, it would take three major treaties to end this international conflict. These were: the Peace of Augsburg, the Peace of Prague, and the Peace of Westphalia

Spain was one of the most powerful nations of the world during the 16th century. This time was known as Spain's “golden age”. Spain had built up a treasury of gold and silver which made their economy very strong. Spain had also led many conquests to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean which expanded the size of its empire greatly and boosted its ability to trade goods with other nations. During the reign of King Philip the second, from 1556-1598, many nations rose up to challenge Spain

Germany and Quantum Physics Blog "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result" This quote from Einstein, though flawed, almost perfectly describes my family trip to German and Austria. We started at Philadelphia airport, planning to take an eight hour flight to Germany. When we got there, the flight was delayed for almost two hours. While my family and I waited, I attempted to teach myself German. Here's one of the first German words I learned

The Defenestration of Prague The Defenestration of Prague was an armed conflict between the Bohemians and the Habsburgs in regards to their differing religious views, that eventually sparked the devastating Thirty Years War. Prior to this event, reformer Jan Huss had led a rebellion that consequently made Bohemia an open spot for Protestantism to grow. In opposition of this, Catholic Archduke Ferdinand of Styria put into action a code of strict Catholicism with no tolerance for any other religion

The Thirty Years War was an incredibly important event that took place during the 17th century. It caused phenomenally high destruction rates throughout Europe, especially Germany. These battles that make up the Thirty Years Wars were extremely influential towards the European people and governments. The Thirty Years War seemed to have many political factors that fueled its beginning and continuation but the religious factors were more prominent and important to the progression and completion of

The Thirty Years’ War Kristen Gwilt HST 111. 11/16/15 The Thirty Years War, which involved multiple countries throughout central Europe, took place in 1618-1648. Although it initially began as a religious conflict between the Catholics and Protestants in Germany, it quickly expanded into a larger conflict over the thirst for power within all of these countries. This struggle was prolonged by the conflict by the rivalry with the French Bourbons and the Austro-Spanish Habsburgs. This war