Thirty-years-war May 2026

The Peace of Augsburg was reaffirmed and expanded to include Calvinism, effectively ending the era of large-scale religious wars in Europe.

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire fought to maintain Catholic dominance and imperial unity. thirty-years-war

The war was brutal. It introduced "total war" tactics where armies lived off the land, seizing crops and burning villages. The Peace of Augsburg was reaffirmed and expanded