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** economic competition between Calvinist and Lutheran states, including Baltic and Scandinavian countries (especially Sweden, which was Lutheran)
** economic competition between Calvinist and Lutheran states, including Baltic and Scandinavian countries (especially Sweden, which was Lutheran)
* direct cause:  
* direct cause:  
** re-imposition of Catholicism and former Catholic properties in Bohemia led to a revolt there called the "Bohemian Revolt"; click EXPAND for notes on Bohemian Revolt:
** re-imposition of Catholicism and former Catholic properties in Bohemia led to a revolt there called the "Bohemian Revolt"
** Catholic forces defeated the Bohemian rebels, but Denmark and Sweden joined the war, spreading it across Germany
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*** one of the royal governors was later rewarded by the Emperor and given the title, "Baron of Highfall"
*** one of the royal governors was later rewarded by the Emperor and given the title, "Baron of Highfall"
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** Catholic forces defeated the Bohemian protestants, but Denmark and Sweden joined the war, spreading it across Germany
* '''overall, the Thirty Years War''':
* '''overall, the Thirty Years War''':
** war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions
** war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions