During the seventeenth century a series of religious and political wars spread across Europe. It started as a conflict between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants, who were in the Holy Roman Empire, but it eventually became a general struggle for territory and political power. Some would argue that the Thirty Years’ War was the last of the religious wars. Others would dispute the argument stating that it was the first of the modern wars. One’s opinion is taken into account on the matter by describing the term “modern.” A modern war is one in which multiple motives are considered by both sides. Furthermore, the first modern war must be one in which unprecedented military tactics are introduced and used against the opposition. The Thirty Years’ War was the first altercation that resulted in the drastic change of all contributing parties. The consequences and results of the war were incredible even though it was a “basically meaningless conflict”(Spielvogel 405). What started out to be a religious war soon turned into a war for political and territorial gain. A true religious war would have had the pope’s counseling and advice. The Thirty Years’ War could not have

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