historyy

The Thirty Years War is sometimes referred to as Europe's last religious war because....

• all the states of Europe signed the Peace of Westphalia's concord of religious toleration that guaranteed all individuals the right to worship according to conscience
• the Catholic Church was victorious and thus the need to resort to war diminished
• conflict over religion became a thing of the past after 1648
• future conflicts between states tended not to have as a major goal re-imposing religious uniformity rather balance of power politics become dominant