Peace of Westphalia

“The peace agreement at Westphalia singled a victory for Protestantism and the German princes while almost dooming Habsburg imperial ambition”(471). In the religious terms, the treaty ended the dream of reuniting Christendom. “Catholics and Protestants now realized that major faiths could not be destroyed”(471). The religion did not destroy Europe, but still so many people were killed because of the religion. “The Peace of Westphalia is particularly notable for confirming…

Religious disputes continued on mainly because Calvinism was not recognized by the Peace of Augsburg. The war lasted for 30 years before it was ended with the Peace of Westphalia. The Peace of Westphalia stated that all German states can determine their own religion. The also signaled the end of the Holy Roman Empire as a political unity. Henry VIII was an absolute ruler. He wanted an annulment…

of victory would be the annihilation of every other religion. After the passion of war was extinguished, "a series of agreements" known as the Peace of Westphalia recognized the rights of Calvinists and also finally brought order to the continent(445, Kishlansky). Europe's lack of both resources and a desire of continuing the destructive war brought a peace that could have easily occurred in the beginning if Calvinists were just tolerated. Millions of lives and economies could've have been saved…

Nevertheless I was fond of the war because of the facts the author portrayed. Asch wrote the book to specifically identify the main topics of the war, which were the Bohemian revolt, the Danish war and the Habsburg power over all, and the Peace of Westphalia. The author also wrote about how the French were financing the Swedish which was very important because the French were Catholic and I feel like that was kind of a “huh” moment to the readers. It kind of left them puzzled to why they would…

the war that had no avail until the French Intervention that ended the official war with the Treaty of Westphalia. The Thirty Years War was…

This paper will briefly highlight the causes and the resulting consequences of the disorder and violence that involved a large portion of Europe in the first half of the 17th century known as the Thirty Years’ War. Religious conflict was nothing new. However, developing new concepts like absolutism and the ‘nation state’ played key components in the causation and continuation of this sustained conflict. Changes in the science of warfare was also a contributing factor. In the end there was a new…

In the book “Let's Not Forget God” Scola expresses the belief that the history of religion and freedom can be described by the treatment of heretics. She argues the mass importance that the heretics played in shaping history in religious freedoms as well the structure of power through the Middle Ages as well. She supports this by pointing out the unspoken alliance between the church and state that is prominent throughout the time, possibly even strengthened by the common repression of the…

In Globalization: A very short introduction chapter 3 and 4 was about economic globalization and political globalization. Economic globalization is the intensification and stretching of economic connections across the globe. Therefore, economic globalization leads to the growth of a global marketplace or single world market. With the help of technology economic globalization have encouraged trade in goods and services. In addition, created new connections among national and regional economies.…

The Protestant Reformation was the splitting of Western Catholic Christianity in the 16th century. Corruption started to become evident in the Catholic Church and reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin set out to change the church. Once Luther had seen this major corruption, he started to travel through Europe proclaiming his beliefs and criticizing the papacy. Pope Leo X and Charles V worked together to punish Luther but the Germanic states helped to hide Luther. Protestantism quickly…

and the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestants had the favorable outcome. A lot of central power was taken away from Catholic Church as Europe became divided over its different religious policies. The Peace of Westphalia “reflected protestant success in the final two decades of war” (445). The Peace…