HIST1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Counter-Reformation, Dutch Empire, List Of Counts Palatine Of The Rhine
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Region that is nominally unified under the holy roman empire not holy, roman, or an empire: 360 small regions in the hre. A lot of anxiety on the part of lutherans and calvinists since after the catholic reformation they were nervous that catholic"s would rule back the peace of. By the 1618s, the holy roman empire was a mix of catholic and lutherans. But now, also calvinists were starting to make an appearance in the holy roman. Empire no provisions for calvinism in the peace of augsburg. 1609 (tip off) catholic duke of bavaria assembles catholic league; calvinist elector palatine assembles protestant alliance. Now have catholic leagues and paranoid protestants. Ferdinand ii (hapsburg) is declared king of bohemia: he is very catholic, he is inspired by the catholic reformation agenda, his first acts support the paranoia that calvinists feel about the presence of. Resistance of protestant nobles: defenestration of prague. Want lutherans to give back their land.
