European wars of religion

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early modern European history event religious conflict series of wars

The European wars of religion were a series of interconnected 16th- and 17th-century conflicts across Europe driven largely by the clash between Protestant and Catholic powers, reshaping the continent’s political and religious landscape.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Wars of Religion	3
Early modern European conflicts	1
Reformation conflicts	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern European history event ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
describedBySource	early modern European historiography ⓘ
hasConsequence	development of ideas about religious toleration ⓘ growth of confessional states ⓘ increased migration of religious minorities ⓘ institutionalization of the principle cuius regio, eius religio in parts of Europe ⓘ long-term confessional divisions within Europe ⓘ
hasEndTime	late 17th century ⓘ
hasLocation	Europe ⓘ
hasMainCause	Counter-Reformation ⓘ Reformation ⓘ religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ
hasOutcome	gradual acceptance of religious pluralism in Europe ⓘ redrawing of political boundaries in Europe ⓘ rise of state sovereignty over religion in many territories ⓘ significant demographic losses in central Europe ⓘ strengthening of some centralized monarchies ⓘ weakening of universal Catholic political authority in Europe ⓘ
hasPart	Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ Cologne War ⓘ Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt Eighty Years' War ⓘ French Wars of Religion ⓘ French civil wars between Catholics and Huguenots ⓘ Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ surface form: French–Spanish War (1635–1659) Peasants’ War ⓘ surface form: German Peasants' War French Wars of Religion ⓘ surface form: Huguenot rebellions Polish–Swedish wars ⓘ Schmalkaldic War ⓘ Second Schmalkaldic War ⓘ Thirty Years' War ⓘ War of the Jülich Succession ⓘ Second War of Kappel ⓘ surface form: Wars of Kappel Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
hasParticipant	Mennonites ⓘ surface form: Anabaptist groups Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: Calvinist states Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) ⓘ Dutch Republic ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Huguenots ⓘ Denmark–Norway ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark–Norway Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Sweden German states ⓘ surface form: Lutheran states Papal States ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ Protestant Union ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish Monarchy Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederacy various German principalities ⓘ
hasReligion	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Calvinism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Lutheranism ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ Edict of Nantes ⓘ Peace of Augsburg ⓘ Peace of Westphalia ⓘ revocation of the Edict of Nantes ⓘ surface form: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes St. Bartholomew's Day massacre ⓘ
hasStartTime	1520s ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Reformation → broaderContext → European wars of religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Wars of Religion

Schmalkaldic War → isEarlyClashIn → European wars of religion ⓘ

Cologne War → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

Eighty Years' War → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

French Wars of Religion → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Wars of Religion

Italian Wars → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early modern European conflicts

Schmalkaldic War → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

Second Schmalkaldic War → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reformation conflicts

Second War of Kappel → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Wars of Religion

War of the Jülich Succession → partOf → European wars of religion ⓘ