Thirty Years' War

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Thirty Years' War
During the 17th Century, Protestants and Catholics were engaged in a religious conflict in Europe called the Thirty Years' War. The conflict between 1618 and 1648 was fought to find a solution to which churches the European Christians were allowed to go to for worship. The occurrences of the period played a significant role in the freedom of worship in modern-day society. Significant efforts were made to help end the conflict and the aftermath of the 30 years' war. The Peace of Westphalia played a significant role in addressing the conflict while also attempting to make peace among the European religions.
The end of the Thirty Years' War resulted in significant losses, and the groups decided that the cost of progressing the war was far more than the gains when the rest of Denmark was conquered. While Wallenstein feared losing the northern German gains to an alliance of Danish Sweden, Christian IV had been defeated in the Battle of Wolgast in 1628, and at this point, they were ready to negotiate (Chapman).
The negotiations led to the 1629 Treaty of Lubeck, in which Christian IV was to keep control over Denmark and would thereby stop supporting German states, which were protestants. In the subsequent two years, Catholic powers dominated a more significant portion of land. By this time, Ferdinand II had been persuaded by the Catholic League to join in Lutheran holdings, which was a possession of the Catholic Church according to the Treaty of Augsburg. These possessions were recorded in the 1629 Edith of Restitution and included hundreds of monasteries, sixteen bishoprics, and two archbishoprics. Another treaty, the Peace of League of 1635, required that Edith...