The battlefield of 17th Century Europe On land, the Thirty Years War was fought primarily in Germany.
The French Bourbons, the Hapsburgs and the emergent Swedish empire clashed in a series of bloody Conflicts i.
It was a religious war between Catholics and Protestants, but inevitably the political interests of those embroiled within it played no small part.
It was one of the most destructive Conflicts Europe has experienced, as great areas were laid waste by warfare and by foraging armies.
The battlefield of 17th Century Europe On land, the Thirty Years War was fought primarily in Germany