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The Thirty Years’ War is a perfect example of how selfish governments and people can be. The Thirty Years’ War was both a conclusion of the Reformation and the performed a big change for Modern Europe. As one of the most historic wars that European history has ever seen, it started as a religious war, but turned into a vicious and selfish power struggle. The war changed modern Europe in four specific ways: religiously, socially, militarily and politically. The war eventually ended with the Treaty of Westphalia forming modern day Europe.
The initial cause of the Thirty Years’ War was religion. ... The “defenestrating of Prague” resulted in war, when Protestant nobles protested by throwing two emissaries from the Hapsburg out of the window. ... “The Thirty Years War demonstrated the dangers of religious passion, and of amateur armies led by soldiers of fortune”# By the end of the war, when the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, religion had changed in many ways. ...
The war also impacted modern Europe socially and economically.
Approximate Word count = 822
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