Thirty Years' War Quis 3 & 4

How many periods did the Thirty Years’ War have?

Four

List the names of the four periods of the Thirty Years’ War?

Bohemian, Danish, Swedish, Swedish-French

What important “voting status” did the King of Bohemia have in the HRE?

He is the one of the 7 imperial electors of the HRE

Which conservative Catholic religious order educate Ferdinand, Archduke of Styria?

The Jesuits

What was Ferdinand, Archduke of Styria, determined to restore and where?

Traditional faith tot he eastern Hapsburg lands like Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary

How did the Protestant nobility of Prague react to the revocation of their religious freedoms by the new king of Bohemia? (Defenestration of Prague)

They threw his regents out the window of the royal palace in May 1618

Who violently deposed Ferdinand the second in Prague after his imperial election, and choose a new king?

The Bohemians

Who became the “new” King of Bohemia?

The Calvinist elector Palatine Fredrick the fifth

What religion was the new king of Bahemia?

Calvinist

Which conservative Catholic nation-state sent troops to aid Ferdinand the second in his struggle against the Protestants?

Spain

What two things at times overshadowed religion in the Thirty Years’ War?

Politics and Greed

Which king of Denmark was eager to extend Danish influence to he coastal towns of the North Sea?

The Lutheran King Christian the fourth

Who is the brilliant and ruthless military strategist who carried Ferdinand the second’s campaign into Denmark?

Albrecht of Wallenstein

What are the beginning and ending dates of the Thirty Years” War?

1618-1648

List the names and dates of the 4 periods of the Thirty Years’ War?

1618-1648 Bohemia, Danish, Swedish, Swedish-French

What is the foreign policy of France during the Swedish phase of the Thirty Years’ War

Protect France by keeping the Hapsburg armies tied down in Germany

What had the Dutch nor forgotten that embittered them toward the Hapsburgs

the Spanish Hapsburg rule in the 16th century

What “new mobility” does Gustavus Adolphus the second bring to warfare?

He had his infantry and his cavalry employ fire and charge tactics AT six feet deep his infantry squares were smaller then traditional ones yet he filled them with equal numbers of musketeers and pikemen.

Whose military independence had the HRE Ferdinandad the second long resented even though he was a major factor in imperial sucess

Wallensteins

What was Albrecht of Wallensteins fate

Ferdinand and Wallenstein assassinated in 1634

Despite deep religious motivations what are the real force at work in the Thirty Years’ War

Greed and political gain

How do even allies at times treat each other in the Thirty Years’ War

as mortal enemies

Who openly enters the Thirty Years’ War in 1635

The French

Who loots Germany in the final phase of the war

the French Swedish and Spanish soldiers soldiers what

What portion of the German population does the war kill

one third

The Thirty Years’ War has been called the worst European catastrophe since what event of the 14th century

Black Death

What Treaty ends all hostilities within the HRE? (dates)

Treaty of Westphalia in 1648

What becomes the new international diplomatic language?

French

Under the terms of the Peace of Augsburg who determines the official religion of the land

The ruler of the land