Evaluate the most significant political effect of the wars of religion in Europe in the period 1517 to 1648.

Respuesta :

The aftermath of these tumultuous events is that after the religious wars, the Catholic Church split into the Catholic and a number of Protestant churches. Religious peace was established.

Creation of some new independent countries on the soil of Europe, such as Netherlands and Swiss Confederation.

Politically, the dominance of  Habsburgs has been greatly weakened. The emperor lost certain powers by agreement - he no longer had the right to decide on war and peace and collect taxes independently.

Explanation:

  • The war had disastrous consequences for the Empire. As a victim of war or various epidemics, about 5 millions died in the Empire  or 20% of the total population, making it the most devastating in European history until the great wars of the 20th century.
  • With the demographic decline, great damage was done to the economy.
  • By the end of the war, agriculture was largely destroyed, and by 1648 a third of the cultivated land was abandoned throughout the Empire. The largest drop was suffered by trade, which was kept to a minimum by the end of the war.
  • As a political consequence of the war, a lasting religious peace emerges and religion ceases to be the cause of European conflicts, and the horrors of war greatly contribute to a general sense of insecurity, which results in the strengthening of the role of rulers and leads to the development of absolutism.

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