Polymarchos
Polymarchos t1_itv8rke wrote
Reply to comment by oanry 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_
Half of it was
Polymarchos t1_itv8cao wrote
Reply to comment by AngryBlitzcrankMain 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_
Source? That sounds more fantastical than the dungheap story which was accepted without question by the academic sources I've read.
Polymarchos t1_itv7mq5 wrote
Reply to comment by TheRed_Knight 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_
Calling the 30-Years war a Religious War is somewhat of a simplification. The sides didn't follow religious lines. It was more of a war against the power of the Emperor, and his ability to rule over those territories not part of his immediate demesne.
Polymarchos t1_itv77ga 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_
The war was so bad that it was literally the reason some countries started pushing for a body of laws (culminating in the Geneva Conventions) to regulate warfare.
Also what people fail to realize is this view is not at all prevalent outside of Western and Central Europe and North America.
Polymarchos t1_itv6w1k wrote
Reply to comment by BaltimoreBadger23 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_
Really? Poland was kind of a jerk during their height of power. No one liked them back then. They were like Russia is today.
Polymarchos t1_itv90gd wrote
Reply to comment by henryclay1844 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_
Good luck to you.
I've read a few books on it. It is bleak and depressing. There is absolutely nothing good in the midst of the fighting, no courageous view of the human spirit, just death and destruction throughout.