Thirty Years' War - Conquest - European History - Part 1 - Extra History

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The Thirty Years War is one of the bloodiest conflicts in all of human history. Depending on which historian you're consulting, the death toll ranges from 4.5 to 8 million. The next conflict that would claim more lives would be WW1, several hundred years later. And civilians died at an astounding rate, nearly 7 to 1. While there is a lot of focus on the military aspect of this conflict, we want to try something different. We'll be examining the effects of the war as a humanitarian crisis. To those living at the time, such conflict must have felt like the end of the world. And so, we start with the first herald of apocalypse: Conquest.
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[@Scillamar]

Fun fact: one of the men thrown out of the window in Prague would later be granted the title "baron von Hohenfall" by the emperor for his service, which literally means baron of the high fall.

[@Nolaris3]

"In credit to your survival, I hereby name you Viscount of Buttstab"

[@dreliq981]

Sounds cool

[@alek1766]

Lord of Harrenhal vibes

[@nathanseper8738]

@@Nolaris3 HAHA, that would be an excellent name for a character in a medieval comedy.

[@andrewgutmann9432]

John Green: “Historians suck at naming things.” Extra History: “The Second Defenestration of Prague”

[@janmelantu7490]

To be fair, historians call this the 30 years’ war. That’s pretty bad

[@HugostarGames]

@@janmelantu7490 laughs in 100years war

[@fatrobin72]

@@janmelantu7490 at least unlike the 100 years war... the 30 years war was only a few days off lasting as long as it's name...

[@Nonsense010688]

@@fatrobin72 that and there are two hundred years wars...

[@jeremygilbert7989]

@@Nonsense010688 And let's not forget the seven years war a.k.a. WW1 alpha build.

[@youtubeadministration8037]

Oversimplified: Napoleon Extra history: 30 years war Best day in years.

[@lianplaysig009]

Yessir

[@UnicornChicken18]

Absolutely

[@juliandamen9804]

Absolutely

[@joellaz9836]

Do you think oversimplified will ever do a video on the thirty years war?

[@Osama_Zyn_Laden]

Eventually One day😂 There is also the Vietnam video in the line.​@@joellaz9836

[@dragoninthewest1]

Other things going on around this time 1610s: Japan: Tokugawa Ieyasu celebrates his reign as Shogun China: the Manchu Invasion and collapse of the Ming Dynasty Yucatan: Itza Maya engaging in a Guerilla war against the Spanish to keep the last few Mayan city-states independent England: Puritans planing travel to North America and found Boston

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

Russia: Time of Troubles and the rise of the Romanovs to power

[@dragoninthewest1]

@@GeneralLuigiTBC I forgot about that one

[@robertjarman3703]

In 1614, the samurai stabbed a conquistador in Mexico on his way to Rome, recorded by an Aztec nobleman.

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

Philippines: Chinese pirate Limahong and his associates attempt to capture Manila from the Spanish

[@ralzinmcguffin9276]

It's always so startling and amazing when I learn about points in history as 'global years', rather than the narrative series of events.

[@taylorjohnson9101]

Can we all agree that Bohemia is a great-sounding word?

[@ecurewitz]

almost as great as "chimighanga"

[@dargtagnan3696]

@@ecurewitz tf is that supposed to be

[@flyingsquirrel1135]

Flem is better

[@chickenwarriorr]

@@dargtagnan3696 Do you not know what a chimichanga is?

[@PalmelaHanderson]

@@chickenwarriorr I pity anyone who hasn't experienced a chimichanga

[@itjustjuan5148]

Today is a great day for history fans: Oversimplified, History Matters, History Buffs, and now Extra History!

[@sharkronical]

WW2 channel too ig

[@mayukhmitra5819]

@@sharkronical Cold war, Civil war week by week too.

[@TheJulior1983]

Much needed distractions.

[@mayukhmitra5819]

@@TheJulior1983 What do you mean? Fistraction from the hellhole? Maybe???

[@f3tsch906]

Dont forget jack rackam :D

[@safe-keeper1042]

lol, I just learned the word "defenstration" and when he got to the part about the person being thrown out a window I thought "hey, that'd be a chance to use that new word I just learned". Then he goes on to say "now, with this act of defenestration..." xD

[@walkingstickman1]

Fancy name for yeeting someone out a window

[@tugatomskanimation6370]

Defenestration originates from the French word "défenestration", where "fenêtre" is French for "window".

[@jasonmarusic5695]

Ok?

[@candiman4243]

The word was literally created to describe the defenestrations of Prague

[@jkgzjhp1705]

yeetus politicanus

[@andrewprice4021]

4:19, Prince on the right has 3 hands lmao love the little things to watch for whilst learning new stuff

[@isaacmillett4493]

must be a Hapsburg

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Every prince, in order to rule, needs a left hand, a right hand, and an underhand. ;)

[@Achillez098]

Doctor: "Your majesty, your death is near, but you have no child to succeed you. What is to be done?" Holy Roman Emperor Matthias: "SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS!!!"

[@CrazyYurie]

Warhammer's Empire is kinda based on the HRE, so this actually works well. :D

[@xnikolasbs2230]

@@CrazyYurie Kinda? The Warhammer empire is the HRE with some fantasy elements thrown in.

[@Typhy7]

In the HRE they were called Prince-Electors, while in the Empire of Man they were Elector Counts. That and the fantasy element is pretty much the only difference between them.

[@florian8599]

It's "Prince Electors" in the HRE!

[@basedeltazero714]

​@@xnikolasbs2230 Also, basically in permanent Thirty Years War crisis mode. The Fantasy element is a pretty big difference, though: For instance, the Empire of Man is polytheistic, with a fairly large contingent of priests who can work actual miracles. Religious strife often comes between cults of different gods and their different interpretations of the same god, but it's generally at once more stable and more fractious. Their scholastic establishment includes a large number of wizards, who... do a lot of research, on top of being wizards, but are also weird mystery cults. They have enemies on all sides who cannot be bargained with. Travel is much harder, because the woods are full of monsters - at the same time, they're larger, because, well, enemies on all sides who cannot be bargained with, helps to band together. These factors make them more diverse as well.

[@marktorongo3235]

Not gonna lie, one of my favorite things is not only that the word “defenestration” exists, but that there are two whole ass wars that where started by a Defenestration in Prague 😂

[@Handygamer]

The Bohemians certainly know how to throw a party. 😂

[@Terrkas0]

@@Handygamer Take my angry upvote. Throw a party (out of the window). seriously. How do you come up with that?

[@moravianball6107]

Thee shall be spared of our tradition, for thee are supportive of this act of ours

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

What was the other one?

[@Handygamer]

@@Terrkas0 I must admit, I am rather proud of myself for this stroke of genius. I grew up loving idioms, (terrible) dad jokes and just playing with words and language in general. Watching Overly Sarcastic Productions certainly inspired me to think about missed opportunities for narrating history in an even more fun and non-traditional way. If you're a regular on Extra History, you'll likely love their historical content as well.

[@dr.swagington7754]

martin luther: "All I wanted to do was spark a debate not half of a millennium of bloodshed."

[@Ace-ym9hz]

Century not millennium

[@dr.swagington7754]

@@Ace-ym9hz well the reason I put half a Millenium is that after the reformation there were still some schisms between Catholics and protestants that carried on until I believe the 1800s-1900s maybe even the modern-day I could be wrong and you could be right but thanks for your opinion.

[@ibnbattuta7031]

"All I wanted to do was being antisemitic"

[@dr.swagington7754]

@@ibnbattuta7031 ok but why though

[@noahjohnson935]

@@ibnbattuta7031 Martin Luther wasn't an anti semite though.

[@lkawsome1711]

“Why do us Christians fight? The big stupid similarities are more important then the small stupid differences” -Bart Simpson

[@alunslatter400]

I believe that god's last prophet Bart Simpson preached a message of tolerance and love!

[@silentdrew7636]

Concerns over who got money from lands, mainly.

[@christiandavidson1425]

The Muslims have their schism between Sunni and Shia.

[@maverick7291]

@War Criminal their religion is ingrained with politics. That why there is no such thing as separation of church and state in muslim majority countries except for Albania, Bosnia, turkey and Lebanon. And that's because of the heavily influence Christian areas or populations within those countries. Turkey is unique in the sense that secularism is built-in their constitution. But recently the politics have been attacking that institution.

[@lastofrwby8395]

That could be said for all humanity itself

[@DragoSonicMile]

"Conquest, War, Famine, and Death!" Pestilence: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@ICountFrom0]

*applies bread mold* *replaces with pollution*

[@mjbull5156]

After this past year, to short shrift Pestilence.

[@Scillamar]

Pestilence as one of the horsemen is a modern invention, the other 4 all originate in the Bible from the Revelation of John

[@batavica1875]

Pestilence is not one of the four horsemen, he is described as being one of god's punishments but in the book of revelation only these four are mentioned (granted only death is called by name while the others are open to interpretation) For example: Conquest is sometimes seen as pestilence Famine is sometimes seen as justice or law and order due to the fact that he carries scales with him

[@JKOT05]

@@ICountFrom0 Pestilence retired in 1936, “muttering about penicillin”

[@adhamgoo175]

Is that a... NEW ARTSTYLE? it looks so gooood

[@rexmann1984]

Overly simplified might use the same artist

[@arthurflageypetric8254]

@@rexmann1984 u mean Oversimplified?

[@samanthaslane3784]

I think Nick is doing the art for this series

[@rexmann1984]

@@arthurflageypetric8254 yes

[@arthurflageypetric8254]

@@rexmann1984 he did a new vid btw

[@janczaplinski658]

"A lifetime of war" intensifies

[@vassily-labroslabrakos2263]

This was truly the eternal war.

[@akhsinilhami2418]

HAS MAN GONE INSANE!!"

[@spiderweb1212]

@@akhsinilhami2418 WHO WILL REMAIN

[@AsiniusNaso]

Thirty Years War: mercenaries are bad, don’t get foreign powers involved in internal conflicts, don’t get married in Magdeburg.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Don't go to Magdeburg full stop!

[@NemoAnonymus18]

to quote the Sabaton song that touches on this subject: "Two ways to view the world, so similar at times two ways to rule the world to justify their crimes

[@averdadeeumaso4003]

Jesus said there is only one way, he is the Truth the Way and the Life.

[@christophersnedeker2065]

@@averdadeeumaso4003 amen

[@minevader1]

@@averdadeeumaso4003 the unified Christianity, Chalcedonian Christianity.

[@Pravaification]

4:20 No wonder she chose the red prince, the blue prince has three hands. He's clearly a demon. 7:10 Also, POOPSMITH

[@WarDankEagle]

Poopsmith sighting!

[@the6ofdiamonds]

Glad someone else already pointed out the three-handed prince. Clearly a heretic.

[@hereticpariah6_66]

@@the6ofdiamonds ....ahem. high!

[@kuhluhOG]

English, a language where you have a word for throwing someone out of a window but for the day after tomorrow.

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

May be because acient english men loven trowing people out of the windows but have no expectancy to live after tomorrow... (Its a joke, please do not defenestrate me )

[@bobmcbob9856]

We do. It’s overmorrow

[@oliversodomka3651]

It's not even an English word, it's I think from French, but it's used in Czechia the most

[@marinamoraes6174]

Prince with three hands on 4:19 XD

[@Medvelelet]

XD

[@DarkLord-xv9ks]

Habsburgs be like:

[@Medvelelet]

@@DarkLord-xv9ks Sweet home Vienna

[@peachewe2910]

8:02 Philip II’s son Philip III was king of Spain in 1620 as Philip II died in 1598

[@timothystamm3200]

They aren't talking about that Phillip II sir.

[@jesusserranomontes2411]

@@timothystamm3200 Yes, yes they are, belive me, I'm Spanish

[@timothystamm3200]

@@jesusserranomontes2411 I got my f sounds switched (I saw Phillip and thought Fersinand) and they forgot an ordinal number. Whoops!

[@jesusserranomontes2411]

@@timothystamm3200 Common mistake, don't worry

[@GeldtheGelded]

Yeah they mixed that up, they also called Ferdinand II. Frederick twice

[@maxp0o]

4:20 A prince magically grows a third arm

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues" - Thomas Hobbes

[@tjoconnell2524]

What was the Orthodox Church’s perspective on the religious conflicts in Europe? Also, what about the anabaptists during this period?

[@arcticlaw9198]

Dude this is Extra History not History Matters

[@herodotus945]

The orthodox patriarch of Alexandria Cyril Lucaris wanted to bring Calvinism into the Orthodox Church but he died before doing anything.

[@knightlyscholar2745]

The Czar in Russia at the time had talks with Protestants. Since they were anti-Catholic. Instituted some of their reforms. Saw other aspects of the Protestant cause as dangerous to Russian stability and became hostile to them.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

They did not care and were busy arguing and burning people over weather the sign of the cross should be made with 2 fingers or 3, or they were under the Islamic yolk

[@Game_Hero]

The anabaptists went Amish and crossed the atlantic

[@tacoblude8208]

Good timing. Recently started playing a horror game set in 1839 Prussia, amnesia the dark descent, and it’s hinted that the monsters in the game are disfigured dead soldiers from the thirty years war.

[@terrortalks3037]

Oh really? That's so cool!! The second one (Machine for Pigs) kind of references WWI and WWII, but it's more like "what horrors the 20th century will bring".

[@ghostsade3]

Legendary game. Hope you enjoyed it. I really liked the different ways it can end and how there's more than one "good" ending depending on what you think is best. Classic horror masterpiece of a game IMO.

[@ogluca]

This is what you get when you don't summon the elector counts

[@kekkoinen]

Did someone say... Sum on the elector counts? OH GOD I HEAR KARL FRANZ OUTSIDE MY DOOR

[@hurgcat]

HEADING OUT

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

Careful how you say his name dude amen 🙏

[@user-in1yw9ty5t]

I mean the elder gods.

[@joellaz9836]

“No wild beasts are so hostile to men as Christian sects in general are to one another.” - Ammianus, 4th century Roman historian

[@empireepic92]

Well he was ahead of the curve

[@emilygordbort7300]

Yep, that tracks

[@KasumiRINA]

@yossarian wanna have a talk with priests... defenestrated... from Cathedral spires by atheist Bolsheviks? Oh that's Eastern hemisphere all right.

[@Enhorrorac]

I believe the key problem may be the violent heart of men.

[@sirmr.gentleman8929]

Every religion has done this... Hindu, Islam, Buddhist, etc. They all have had conflicts in their own religion and have had wars over it

[@Osric24]

Ah yes, the Defenestration of Prague. Great story. Also, hail to the Poopsmith!

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

So great they had three of them.

[@silentdrew7636]

The Poopsmith's job is obvious.

[@DerCossack]

I never expected a homestarrunner reference in my history lesson

[@wasneeplus]

Philip II sent aid did he? That's a neat trick for someone who's been dead for 20 years.

[@xavierlecaros1623]

Philip III sent aid to his cousin; mainly in the form of Spanish gold and Spanish professional troops from the Army of Flanders

[@eaglerobot1948]

Good to know that blue king has 3 hands at 4:19, very informative and not talked about much!

[@baconninja4481]

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one who saw that!

[@darreljones8645]

Nice to learn that Zoey is a real cat. Also, does anyone else LOVE the way Extra History draws horses? :)

[@shadowscribe]

Conquest? I see why it's not used as a horseman regularly. In most contexts it's so war adjacent that they're considered the same.

[@sharilshahed6106]

Hence why Darksiders switched him out, alongside Pestilence. But not to worry, he's gonna get popular again in a year or two, in a certain new show.called --

[@knighttemplar04]

"Two ways to view the world " "So similar at times" "Two ways to rule the world" "To justify their crimes"

[@cometmoon4485]

"And in the darkness bind them!" ...hang on

[@KaptenN]

_Two_ ways to rule the world.*

[@spiderweb1212]

BY KINGS AND QUEENS YOUNG MEN ARE SENT TO DIE IN WAR

[@matthewperna7584]

Finally someone is talking about this war!

[@alexbennett5641]

I'm so excited for the 30 years war episodes, possibly my favorite part of European history

[@TheOriginalAscer]

I'm so stoked that you decided to do some episodes on this period! I've been fascinated by the Thirty Years' War ever since I read the Ring of Fire series by Eric Flint. This whole conflict is so interesting!

[@vladislavsulimenko5276]

Atleast bohemia gets a mention

[@greeses5482]

glad someone also shares my view :D

[@FastTquick]

I love how you guys drew The Poopsmith in that one scene of Ferdinand’s governors falling into a pile of feces. Nice homage to Homestar Runner.

[@maverick7291]

That was a great Easter egg. I used to love watching homestar runner. Especially strong bad.

[@BlueflameKing1]

I like the different sort of perspective you all are going for. I've been wanting you all to do this war for a while, but yeah this war would need 12 episodes to figure out wtf happened. Can't wait for more and when the swedish come in. The start of their ascent to great power, there badass king Gustavus Adolphus, and Brietenfeld, a great battle and, in my opinion, the story behind the best Sabaton song ever by the same name.

[@dxpsumma383]

It's Breitenfeld, but I agree, great song xD

[@robert-janthuis9927]

Honestly, having 12 episodes on this would not be a bad thing. I'd love some longer series where they really go a bit more into detail. I mean, the consequences of the treaty of Westphalia on even just the concept of souvereignty would be worth a video of their own.

[@jakobtarrasericsson4295]

Oh boy I seriously can't wait for my country's greatest king to show up! If only he had survived Lützen. He would have accomplished so many other things given the chance.

[@herodotus945]

@@jakobtarrasericsson4295 He was a genocidal maniac and what swedes did in Poland was unforgivable.

[@katarina9064]

@@herodotus945 lets forget what the poles did shall we 🙄

[@oley6735]

Thank you guys so much for covering this topic.

[@zanderjoubert7740]

Looking forward to this series

[@jeremy1860]

Conquest and War were considered separate? Interesting 🤔

[@goonerbear8659]

Yeah, there have been a few different interpretations of the names of the Horsemen. They've gone back and forth between Conquest and Pestilence.

[@danielgolden8116]

Yes! I’ve been hoping for the Thirty Years’ War for so long!

[@simonbulir3464]

I’m so happy just for the fact, that I can hear a story involving my country on one of mine favorite KZbin channels :) 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿

[@creatoruser736]

I don't really see how comparing the death toll of the 30 Years' War to World War I is all that impressive. They didn't have industrial weapons by they did have, well, 30 years. When a conflict lasts more than 7 times as long as another despite the era its casualties will keep piling up.

[@S3verusMyG]

Here’s the reason why: *[Insert Paragraph Of Why That’s Wrong]*

[@SuperHipsterGamer]

WW1 had 100 times the manpower used at any given point in the thirty years war. The casualty number is absolutely staggering in the thirty years war.

[@KasumiRINA]

You ignore the fact that 100 years war was a thing, as well as other longer conflicts, and in Europe we didn't have so many dead until a century ago.

[@AKAHEIZER]

The Population was way smaller back than, the region of today's Germany had a population of 15 million, only 10 million of them survived.

[@SEAZNDragon]

Definitely an overlooked part of history. Also Martin Luther is worth a future series.

[@GingerTron2000]

I was so looking forward to this series!

[@luux2227]

I’m so excited to hear about gustavus adolphus his impact on military strategy as a whole cannot be understated

[@arvidgreat]

I can't wait to Gustavus Adolphus makes an entrance. Im so proud to be swede. I have an ancestor that fought in his army and in Charles XII and every king in between.

[@bonnieprincecharlie3566]

Sweden right now is not something to be proud of just saying

[@herodotus945]

Gustavus Adolphus was a genocidal maniac who literally wanted every Catholic slaughtered.

[@katarina9064]

@@herodotus945 stop spamming bruv

[@whiteCourier]

@@herodotus945 Not really, there are meeting transcripts preserved which show how Gustavus Adolphus and his advisors reasoned before making the decision to intervene in the war. They were more concerned about strengthening Sweden geopolitical position and preventing a rivaling power to establish ports in the Baltic sea than outright religious zeal.

[@ahmedmuawia2447]

**sabaton music intensifies in the background**

[@902100101]

Honestly you guys should do another 3 series on the other 3 topics you mentioned (when you have the time). Always ready to learn what caused certain events and whatnot.

[@flyingsquirrel1135]

Finally a video series on the 30 years war, This will be DOPE

[@stevenunderverse6030]

This looks so cool

[@Numba003]

Apparently this is a war I need to learn a lot about. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)

[@leanderprince3501]

thank you for doing. Been waiting along time

[@cormarine9812]

ayo this new style looks amazing

[@dbmwray]

Gotta love that PoopSmith at 7:20!! Haven’t seen him around in a while!!

[@nighthawk72j80]

Alright Sabaton fans, you know the drill. Two way to view the world, so similar at times. Two ways to view the world, to justify the crimes.

[@Elnadrius]

I think this is a special occasion, so... Jag ser mig om och ser mitt hem försvinna bort Min tid där hemma känns nu alldeles för kort

[@ThePASBERUK]

@@Elnadrius ah . The proper way to sing this song . Man of culture

[@gekkenhuisje]

@@Elnadrius Blott ungdom, knappt en man då plikten kallade mig Om jag får se mitt hem igen det vet jag ej

[@rafaradzik5541]

Which song is this

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

​@@rafaradzik5541the english version is a lifetime of war

[@thegoatslayer7403]

Yes I love these episodes we need more❤️❤️❤️

[@ryansilverstein9353]

About time y’all did the 30 years war I’ve been waiting for this one for years.

[@Charlie-up8hy]

Catholic governors: You better behave Bohemian protestants: YEET

[@adnanilyas6368]

Extra Credits: Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, 1621 Me: OoOhhhh, it’s defenestration time! EC: Bring the ax Me: :o

[@TheCreepypro]

this is going to be a good series I can already tell...

[@Pioneer_DE]

Thats one Series im looking forward to!

[@jonasduwel1993]

Love the perspective you chose for this series! History is far too often focused on wars and conquest and the human victims are mere side notes Edit: well maybe later?

[@doyouevenpraise189]

Thirty Years' War? Nice I hope we get more episodes than normal. Specially because this war need a good amount of episodes to understand what happen clearly..Looking foward to the series

[@Artur_M.]

Well, they said (in this video and more in the last "lies" episode, when talking about the upcoming series) that this is going to be mostly a relatively quick look at that war as a humanitarian disaster, glosing over the political and military complexities. However, they might revisit the Thirty Years War in other series in the future, maybe multiple ones.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the episode.

[@enriqueguiris5873]

OMG! You guys surpass each of your previous videos I LOVE this channel

[@punxrancid124]

Imagine this, the 30 yrs wars casualty can be surpassed in just 4yrs.

[@TangoBravoAlerts]

4:19 The Three Handed Prince of Dreihändig! (or an animation goof, one or the other)

[@FieldMarshalYT]

I've been looking forward to this.

[@Wi11D]

YES! keep up the amazing work love ya guys!

[@sionsmedia8249]

Oh yes I would really like the Treaty of Westphalia series, maybe more general development of nations (nation state, nationalism, etc).

[@Mikebumpful]

Ah yes. Nationalism, the deadliest of ideals.

[@sxeptomaniac]

"The peace of Augsburg left out one group.. Calvinists" Mennonite here to say that this is wrong. The Anabaptists (the group to later become Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish, among others) were very much left out of this, in part because they rejected the concept of a state religion (see: the Schleitheim Confession, 1527). They were also pacifist, by that point, so they tended to be on the receiving side of the violence. They were considered heretics by Catholics, Lutherans, and Calvinists, so they had few safe places to settle.

[@prospero768]

Not to mention Hussites and Bretheren who, unlike Calvinists, actually _were_ in Bohemia and who the whole controversy was about.

[@sxeptomaniac]

@@prospero768 I could be wrong, as it's sometimes hard to keep track of all the Reformation movements, but I think the Brethren would have been considered part of the Anabaptists. I know the "Swiss Brethren" were, so I'm assuming that's a connection, but I'll have to research.

[@prospero768]

@@sxeptomaniac they definitely didn't consider themselves that in Czechia. They were an offshoot of the Hussite movement. But after they were forced into exile the various emigree communities tended to merge with local denominations.

[@nrando5480]

You're practically right, but when talking about historical Protestantism historians will end up dividing Protestantism in three main camps: - Lutherans - Anglicans - Calvinist / Reformed The Reformed category includes all denominations (even the movements preceding the actual reformation) that are deemed to have "fully" reformed into decentralized churches with strict interpretations of the Bible. Because John Calvin's theology influenced virtually all of these movements over the years, and with the Dutch Calvinists being historically the largest movement within the Reformed branch, the group is also sometimes called Calvinists because of that.

[@sxeptomaniac]

@@nrando5480 You are incorrect. Lutherans, Calvinists/Reformed, and Anglicans were the three main branches of the Magisterial Reformation, but the Anabaptists came out of the Radical Reformation. The Radical Reformers rejected state church (the Munsterites being the one major exception) and so did not follow the magisterial pattern. Also, no, the Anabaptists were not Calvinist. On the contrary, Calvin supported jailing, torturing, and executing Anabaptists as heretics, because they rejected his theology.

[@sgcraig2430]

I’ve been waiting on this 🔥

[@francisman60]

I don't mind if you do a series of how started. I mean not just 30 years wars also others you guys already done or going to do. I want more details!!

[@elcream7018]

Damn was hoping this was a fall of Constantinople series considering it’s may 29

[@GormTheElder]

I think you guys are forgetting about the Anabaptists and Hussites who were also a very important protestant groups that just as the Calvinists faced persecution. I think it's a little harsh to forget to mention them when they suffered greatly for their beliefs and did good works.

[@CollinBuckman]

The Hussites rose up nearly 2 centuries before, and what little had remained of them after the Hussite Wars was stamped out and driven underground by Ferdinand (the largest Brethren population at the time was a town in Poland near the border with Bohemia)

[@GormTheElder]

@@CollinBuckman yeah, that's what I'm saying. This was a period in which hussites were forced to convert and were mass genocided.

[@lovernotafighter6444]

Love this channel!❤

[@Xionkunkarahaul]

This stuff is some of the most interesting of things to me

[@communist_toast9988]

We all know how this started the great defenestration* of Prague. *to throw some one out of a window

[@Volnas97]

Yeah, both

[@oculuah489]

I wish wars like these had better names than "X amount of years war"

[@Alverant]

Especially when they don't last X years. So what would you call this one?

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

The Holy Roman clusterfuckery sounds undignified.

[@janmelantu7490]

I vote for “the Central European Catastrophe”

[@HugostarGames]

well, this wasnt just ONE war, but many in a short time span

[@luxborealis]

The War of Cheesemaking?

[@mark-henrikseeling1529]

I literally just turned in a presentation on the thiry years war, great timing

[@redcrown5070]

I lover this time period, great work EC, I love the civilian side in history!

[@commanderneyo]

Welp...I'm now going to listen to "A Lifetime of War" in both English and Swedish

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

HAS MAN GONE INSANE

[@aronhoglund4694]

I see you once again have summoned the Sabaton fans.

[@ianyork2655]

I am finally reading the Peter Wilson book for my grad school history class thanks for making something to help me get through this book

[@riimo_sapphire]

completely off topic but I just love how the artists draw the horses. They're so round!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

In the subsequent peace, we’re going to forget about Luxembourg and the Balkans.

[@AllenorLP]

If i had a Nickel for every time someone threw someone else out of a Window in Prague for religious reasons i'd have two Nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@KasumiRINA]

Three at least.

[@GeorgBauer]

I live in Münster, the city of the westphalian peace treaty, so this series is kinda personal for me. thanks a lot!

[@folktai7070]

Oh I have been waiting for this.

[@lackinglife2758]

Ah yes a video that helps me learn about the 30 years war, 1 week after I take my test for the 30 yers war

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

OOF

[@Jian13]

I kinda would love to see an episode about the Book of Revelation. Not sure if that should be an Extra History or an Extra Mythology or maybe a new series altogether.

[@capivara6094]

It'd perfectly fit Extra Mythology

[@decantabriaball938]

FINNALY ITS HERE THANK GOD

[@funmenpowell2092]

I haven't watch this is Channel and you in months so it's good to be back

[@santiagoparra242]

I am a devout catholic but i love all of Christian brothers

[@maverick7291]

Same here.

[@bryanmcclure2220]

Nondenominational protestant but I love my Christian brothers and sisters.

[@dimitrijejovanovic5939]

Two ways to view the world So similar at times Two ways to rule the world To justify their crimes

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

By kings and queens young men are send to die in war

[@youtubestopmakingmechangem8035]

Yay I've been waiting so long for new content from y'all... I

[@Gillemear]

Wooo, this is cool. Hope the Irish chapter of this terrible period will be covered including the Battle of Kinsale, the Flight of the Earl's and the Plantation of Ulster