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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) | ||
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** re-imposition of Catholicism and former Catholic properties in Bohemia led to a revolt there called the "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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* '''overall, the Thirty Years War''': | * '''overall, the Thirty Years War''': | ||
** war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions | ** war between Catholic and protestant nations & regions |