Age of Religious War
...viously been illegal. This then helped to restore the peace in France. In the Netherlands, their revolt led to great advances for Protestantism and Calvinism. This started from Spain’s Philip II aimed to route all the Protestants in Europe. England then allied with the Netherlands to try and oppose Spain’s powerful navy. Philip then sent his armada of 130 ships, which contained 25,000 soldiers. They were prepared though and fought off the fleet ship by ship. This gave the Protestants an immense sense of victory. This then allowed them to practice their religion freely without any threat from Spain. The German side of the Religious Wars was very important as well. The events they were most affected by the Thirty Years War. This was the last major war of religion. (Hooker 5) At this time Germany was the Holy Roman Empire. The Empire was split into two parts. The Palatinate was the Calvinist states and Bavaria, the Catholic. Their constant clashing led to the Thirty Years War which was, perhaps, the first World War fought in Europe, for almost every state was invo...