30 Years War

30 Years War

The war that begins polical and ends religious wars

     The thirty year war was a very social, religious and political war. This war began in Bohemia the present day check republic. Ferdinand the catholic king of Bohemia wanted to suppress the Protestants and move royal power over the nobles. The war spread through Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Poland, France. Mercenaries were hired to fight the wars. Those who fought burnt villages, tortured, killed without mercy and killed many crops. These murderous acts were followed by famine and diseases. This war led to a sever depopulation. (1/3 off all Germans died as a result of the war.)

CAUSES: 

     Religion was the very first motivation of the war. The battle started because of the conflicts on Protestant and Catholic beliefs. Then it turned more into a political fight for the ruling rights over each other. All the monarchies in Europe wanted to be predominant among other countries. The power struggle between the emperor and rival princes' contributed to the outbreak of the 30 years' war. 

OUTCOMES:

     The war led to severe depopulation and about 1/3 of people in German states died. Villages suffered worse than towns, but many towns and cities also saw their populations, manufacture, and trade decline substantially. It left German lands divided into more than 360 states. They still acknowledged the rule of the holy emperor but had its own government, currency, church, armed forces, and foreign policy. This lasted for about 223 years because they had more power this way. The war ended with a series of treaties that made up the Peace of Westphalia.

30 years war 

What happened to this world, 

to bring in political issues 

To start a war 

To think that we can treat people like tissues. 

Yes religion was a problem, 

an issue still unsolved 

Yet this was a chance 

The chance to stop it all

Many called on mercenaries

Ones paid to fight the war

Many had more that they could carry 

Merciless killings and endless rounds of torture 

Bohemia and Ferdinand is where this war begun 

But in the end with all the deaths no one really won 

Protestants and Catholics were another cause of this fight

Because there were disagreements 

It became the night of all nights

The war was a form of globalization  

 But also a war for inspiration

 political wars were once not a problem

But having this war made the Idea blossom 

Many people were set on their death beds

 While others were tortures and hung by their heads 

This war was a form of separation 

Instead of coming together to form a nation 

This was very long 

But ended with a treaty 

When you learn a lot about it 

It may be sort of freaky 

This war was a war that was indeed critical 

This war was the war that began all political

This war could have never been started 

If only it weren't for the faint hearted 

This war was indeed prestigious 

But not in the case that it was religious 

When thinking of a war 

Please try to be smart 

Listen to your head but also listen to your hear.

( maya mays original)