Document Type
Honors Project
Publication Date
5-30-2018
Abstract
The Thirty Years War, spanning 1618-1648, has been described as the last great war of religion despite pitting Catholics against Catholics and Protestants against Protestants. In addition to religion not playing the role it is supposed to have, a closer look at the motives and goals of the major participants reveals that what we have called a single war is actually much more easily understood as four: The Bohemian Rebellion (1618-1624), Denmark's War with the Emperor (1625-1629), Sweden's War with the Emperor (1630-1648) and France's War with the Habsburgs (1635-1648/59). These four wars are related and sometimes overlap, but they remain nonetheless distinct.
Level of Honors
summa cum laude
Department
History
Advisor
Edmund Kern
Recommended Citation
Kilsdonk, Logan, "The Thirty Years War(s)" (2018). Lawrence University Honors Projects. 120.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/luhp/120