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A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War

A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War. Wars of Religion. The Emergence of the Modern State. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War. Effective Armed Forces An abled bureaucracy

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A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War

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  1. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Wars of Religion The Emergence of the Modern State

  2. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Effective Armed Forces • An abled bureaucracy • A theory of state that restrained dynastic exuberance and defined the political interests in practical terms. Characteristics of a Modern State.

  3. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Peace of Augsburg Reinforce German particularism. Secularized the institutions of the emperor • Cuius regio, eius religio

  4. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Thirty Years War Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rode across Central Europe

  5. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Dynastic Rivalries • Religious Antagonism Causes

  6. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Rudolf II (1557 - 1612) king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor launched a religious crusade against Protestantism. • Rudolf’s brother, Arch Duke, king of Hapsburg, withdrew his religious toleration. Origins

  7. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Emperor Rudolf II refuses to increase Protestant representation. • German Catholic states sought Spanish intervention. • 1609, Maximilian of Bavaria organizes the Catholic League. • Six Protestant princes for Protestant Union. Expansion of Catholic and Protestantism Antagonism

  8. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Becomes Holy Roman Emperor 1619. • Launches a Catholic Crusade. • Ferdinand disbanded assemblies. Arch-duke Ferdinand of Austria

  9. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Cultural and Societal Differences

  10. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Defenestration of Prague

  11. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War

  12. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Protestant leaders established a provisional government in Bohemia. • Bohemia rose in full revolt against the church and the Hapsburgs. Bohemian Revolt 1618

  13. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Ferdinand II Frederick V Internationalization of the Protestant Cause

  14. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Dynastic considerations. • Ferdinand received enough votes to become Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. • Protestant rebels refused to recognize his authority and offered the throne to Frederick. • Ferdinand, without an army, turned to outside help.

  15. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • The Catholic Leagues success increased the determination to crush all Protestant resistance. • Also increase Protestant determination to survive. Expansion of the Conflict

  16. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Christian IV, the Protestant king of Denmark, led his troops into northern Germany against Frederick • Subsidized by England and France The Danish Period

  17. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War

  18. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Catholic entrusted by Ferdinand • Crushed the Danish general. Albert Wallenstein (1583 - 1634)

  19. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Treaty of Lubeck and Edict of Resititution

  20. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Gustavus Adolphus, “Lion of the North” • Entered the war on the Protestant side. • Subdued Poland. • Battled against Wallenstein at Lutzen, and was killed. Swedish Interlude

  21. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • What began as a religious struggle became a dynastic struggle between France and Hapsburg Austria.

  22. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Fear of Hapsburg hegemony • Richelieu Raison d’ etat

  23. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Treaty of Westphalia

  24. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War • Last Religious war • Religious motives gave way to political considerations. • Spread to embrace all of Europe. • Decimated 1/3 of Central Europe’s population. Effect of Thirty Years War

  25. A.P. European History / Unit II – Thirty Years War Europe 1648

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