Western Civilization I / Unit 17 WC1 1617 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Counting the Cost: Population, Confession, Winners and Losers
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The idea
The German lands lost the anchor's twenty to forty percent of their people and recovered near seventeen hundred. Winners: France and Sweden, and Austria confirmed as Germany's leading state. Loser: Spain, bankrupt and unreformed, as the economy shifted to the Atlantic seaboard.
In practice
The end of large-scale religious war, with intolerance intact.
Where people slip
The percentages are the anchor's. Attribute.
Your place on the trail
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