TheRed_Knight
TheRed_Knight t1_itu0y36 wrote
Reply to comment by FollowingSome3237 in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
RIP Gustavus Adolphus, the Lion of the North
TheRed_Knight t1_itu0v6o wrote
Reply to comment by ZhouDa in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
I mean they were technically nature worshippers (kinda sorta not really but also yes)
TheRed_Knight t1_itu0um3 wrote
Reply to comment by scurvydog-uldum in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
religious wars tend to be extra brutal
TheRed_Knight t1_itu0m4w wrote
Reply to comment by cozy_fyre in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
*2nd Defenestration, first ones happened in 1419, comes from the latin root de meaning out, and fenestra meaning window (also fenetre in French means window),
TheRed_Knight t1_itu0i39 wrote
Reply to comment by FollowingSome3237 in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
One of the most transformative periods of European history, it was more or less 4 wars back to back to back to back, also spawned the concept of real politik when Cardinal Richlieu (because Louis XIII was too busy having gay adventures with his lover) had France intervene on the side of the Protestants. Thats not even going into the foundational nature the Peace of Westphalia had on European diplomacy for centuries afterward.
TheRed_Knight t1_itu06ej wrote
Reply to TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
A dungheap placed by the Virgin Mary according to the Catholic Church
TheRed_Knight t1_itu1h5y wrote
Reply to comment by scurvydog-uldum in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
Islam and Islamic scripture is much more directly tied to the governance of people than Catholicism or Protestantism, like the concept alone of seperation of Church and State is just incredibly alien to a majority of Muslims. Europeans learned to separate the two after centuries of Church intervention and it only happened due in large part to the ambitions of absolutist monarchs, and even then it wasnt a uniform, timely, or bloodless process.