European wars of religion

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The European wars of religion were a series of interconnected 16th- and 17th-century conflicts across Europe driven largely by the clash between Protestant and Catholic powers, reshaping the continent’s political and religious landscape.

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instanceOf early modern European history event
religious conflict
series of wars
describedBySource early modern European historiography
hasConsequence development of ideas about religious toleration
growth of confessional states
increased migration of religious minorities
institutionalization of the principle cuius regio, eius religio in parts of Europe
long-term confessional divisions within Europe
hasEndTime late 17th century
hasLocation Europe
hasMainCause Counter-Reformation
Reformation
religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants
hasOutcome gradual acceptance of religious pluralism in Europe
redrawing of political boundaries in Europe
rise of state sovereignty over religion in many territories
significant demographic losses in central Europe
strengthening of some centralized monarchies
weakening of universal Catholic political authority in Europe
hasPart Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Cologne War
Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years' War
French Wars of Religion
French civil wars between Catholics and Huguenots
French–Spanish War (1635–1659)
German Peasants' War
linked to: Peasants’ War

Huguenot rebellions
Polish–Swedish wars
Schmalkaldic War
Second Schmalkaldic War
Thirty Years' War
War of the Jülich Succession
Wars of Kappel
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
hasParticipant Anabaptist groups
linked to: Mennonites

Calvinist states
linked to: Dutch Republic

Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire)
Dutch Republic
Holy Roman Empire
Huguenots
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
linked to: Denmark–Norway

Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Sweden
Lutheran states
linked to: German states

Papal States
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Protestant Union
Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish Empire

Swiss Confederacy
various German principalities
hasReligion Anglicanism
linked to: Anglican Communion

Calvinism
Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Lutheranism
hasSignificantEvent Defenestration of Prague (1618)
Edict of Nantes
Peace of Augsburg
Peace of Westphalia
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
hasStartTime 1520s
timePeriod 16th century
17th century

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Eighty Years' War partOf European wars of religion
French Wars of Religion partOf European Wars of Religion
linked to: European wars of religion
Italian Wars partOf Early modern European conflicts
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Scottish Reformation broaderContext European Wars of Religion
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Second War of Kappel partOf European Wars of Religion
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Cologne War partOf European wars of religion
Schmalkaldic War partOf European wars of religion
Schmalkaldic War isEarlyClashIn European wars of religion
War of the Jülich Succession partOf European wars of religion
Second Schmalkaldic War partOf Reformation conflicts
linked to: European wars of religion
Long War partOf European wars of religion
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg participatedIn Wars of religion in the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: European wars of religion
Catholic princes participatedIn Wars of Religion in the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: European wars of religion
Beeldenstorm partOf European Wars of Religion
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Reservatum ecclesiasticum isRelatedTo Catholic–Protestant conflict
subject linked to: reservatum ecclesiasticum
linked to: European wars of religion
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon participatedIn European Wars of Religion
linked to: European wars of religion
The Lion of the North historicalContext European wars of religion
Battle of Mühlberg partOf European wars of religion
Siege of Godesberg (1583) partOf European Wars of Religion
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Battle of Ingolstadt partOf European wars of religion
Battle of Drakenburg isPartOf Reformation-era religious wars
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Neostoicism historicalContext Wars of Religion in Europe
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De Constantia historicalContext Wars of Religion in Europe
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Admiranda sive de magnitudine Romana historicalContext European Wars of Religion
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Confederation of Warsaw broaderHistoricalContext European Wars of Religion
linked to: European wars of religion