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The Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648, was mainly fought on the territory of today’s Germany, and involved most of the major European continental powers. Although it seemed a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, the rivalry between the Habsburg dynasty and other powers was also a central motive. Catholic France supported the Protestant side, showing that [...]

The Hundred Years’ War was a conflict between France and England, actually lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. Fought primarily over claims by the English kings to the French throne, it did have several brief plus two longer periods of peace before it finally ended with the expulsion of the English from France.
The war [...]