Essay: Outcome of the Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War was a war that had a huge impact on life as we know it today, and it also helped mold the ideals of religious freedom. For so long, the Catholic Church was not only the sole accepted denomination of religion, but it was also a major political power that dominated the world for a period of time, and in some aspects still today have …showed first 75 words of 849 total…

…showed last 75 words of 849 total…the right to believe as they choose. Had the Thirty Years War not been fought, it is possible that we may still be living in a society where the Catholic Church was still the only acceptable religious faction in the world. When you look at it as a whole, you can see that all the lives lost and all of the blood shed were not for nothing. Works Cited The Western Heritage. Pg 366. Prentice Hall, 2001.