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AgoraiosBum t1_itw0eis wrote

Reply to comment by francisdavey 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_

It should be seen as one of the wars of transition from a feudal state to a centralized state, the same as the English Civil War (which took place during the same time period), the French Fronde, the 80 Years War between the Hapsburgs and the Dutch, and in Iberia (Portugese Restoration War and Catalan Revolt - although Philip IV and then Charles II didn't really try to bring the nobles to heel, and Charles I had earlier dealt with the nobility with a compromise after the Revolt of the Comuneros) .

Religion played a part as one element that the center (the Hapsburg Court) was trying to enforce against its feudal nobles used to greater privileges.

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