1. Thirty Years War
... war religiously. Protestant Germans were starting to worry about the influence of the Catholic Church on the Lutheran states. Cardinal Richelieu wanted to defeat the Habsburgs he began to send diplomats all over Europe to gain allies against the Habsburgs. When Adolphus began his attack on Germany, Richelieu was negotiating with the German Catholic states. He wanted to show them that ... ...
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