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The Thirty Years’ War AP European History Unit 2/Ch. 15 – Statebuilding in the 17 th Century Ms. Tully - UHS

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The Thirty Years’ War. AP European History Unit 2/Ch. 15 – Statebuilding in the 17 th Century Ms. Tully - UHS. An “Age of Crisis”. Yearning for order  Increased gov’t power “Little Ice Age”  Vulnerability in villages Economic recession in most of Europe . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Thirty Years’ War

AP European HistoryUnit 2/Ch. 15 – Statebuilding in the 17th Century

Ms. Tully - UHS

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An “Age of Crisis”

Yearning for order Increased gov’t power

“Little Ice Age” Vulnerability in villages

Economic recession in most of Europe

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Background to the Thirty Years’ War

Militant Catholicism vs. Militant Calvinism & Bourbons vs. Habsburgs

Peace of Augsburg (1555) Did not account for Calvinism

Formation of Protestant Union (1608) Formation of Catholic League (1609) Habsburg consolidation resisted by princes

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The Bohemian Phase (1618-1625)

Bohemia traditionally resisted Catholicism Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand elected king in 1617 Defenestration of Prague – May 1618 Ferdinand deposed, replaced with Elector Frederick V Ferdinand (HRE) allied with Duke Maximilian of Bavaria Battle of White Mountain, Nov. 8, 1620 Ferdinand reestablished as King of Bohemia, now a

hereditary Habsburg possession

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Danish Phase (1625-1629)

Intervention of King Christian IV of Denmark Albrecht of Wallestein – appointed by HRE

Ferdinand to lead Catholic/Imperial army Denmark defeated by Catholic League in 1626 Edict of Restitution, 1629

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Swedish Phase (1630-1635)

Arrival of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus

Battle of Lutzen, 1632

Battle of Nordlingen, 1634

Edict of Restitution annulled

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Franco-Swedish Phase (1635-1648)

Religious issue losing significance Battle of Rocroi, 1643 Not decisive overall victory

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Outcomes of the War

1648 – Peace of Westphalia ended war Clearly separation between religion & politics Beginning of modern international order Many areas of Germany devastated Part of “military revolution”

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Classwork

Read The Face of War in the Seventeenth Century on p. 453 & respond to the prompt.

This will go straight into the Classwork section of your portfolio.