re-Catholicization of Bohemia

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The re-Catholicization of Bohemia was a 17th-century Habsburg-led campaign to restore Roman Catholic dominance in Bohemia through forced conversions, expulsions, and suppression of Protestantism following the Battle of White Mountain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Counter-Reformation campaign ⓘ
historical process ⓘ
policy of the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
aims elimination of Protestant confessions ⓘ
restoration of Roman Catholic dominance ⓘ
appliesTo Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
chronology post-1620 Habsburg consolidation in Bohemia ⓘ
country Bohemia ⓘ
endTime around 1700 ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
follows Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
Bohemian Revolt ⓘ
hasCause Habsburg victory at the Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
desire to restore Catholic dominance ⓘ
suppression of the Bohemian Estates ⓘ
hasEffect confiscation of Protestant property ⓘ
decline of Czech-speaking Protestant elite ⓘ
emigration of Protestant nobles and burghers ⓘ
establishment of Catholicism as the only tolerated religion in Bohemia ⓘ
expulsion of non-Catholic clergy ⓘ
forced conversions to Catholicism ⓘ
increased Germanization of the Bohemian nobility ⓘ
strengthening of Habsburg absolutism in Bohemia ⓘ
suppression of Protestantism in Bohemia ⓘ
location Bohemia ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Lands of the Bohemian Crown ⓘ
linked to: Bohemian Crown
mainSubject Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
participant Bohemian Protestants ⓘ
linked to: Czech Protestants

Czech nobility ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus

Roman Catholic clergy ⓘ
partOf Counter-Reformation ⓘ
religionImposed Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religionSuppressed Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Utraquism ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
confiscations of Bohemian estates (1620s) ⓘ
expulsion of non-Catholic preachers ⓘ
startTime 1620 ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
uses Catholic education and missionary work ⓘ
confiscation of estates ⓘ
expulsion of non-Catholics ⓘ
forced conversion ⓘ
legal repression ⓘ

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Bohemian estates → religiousOutcome → re-Catholicization of Bohemia ⓘ
Catholic Church in the Czech Republic → associatedWith → Counter-Reformation in Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
linked to: re-Catholicization of Bohemia
Slavata family → religiousSphere → Counter-Reformation in Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: re-Catholicization of Bohemia