Louis XIV

Louis XIV is a ye ole wonderful king to us commoners. He is kind and devoted, and he has definately made our lives a lot better! Now we can go down to all the shoppes and not be afraid of being beheaded or catchins some fatal disease. Our King Louis XIV is strong in his ruling, and very fair, which causes us all to put great trust in him. Our King turned my homeland, France, into a place that people actually wanted to live in, and he settled much war. His image should be recalled of one as glory and greatness and is truly the best King we've ever had. Our King Louis XIV was never doubted in his righteousness to be king, which I believe is why he has ruled all over all of us so well. It is nice to finally have a rightful king and to see that end of a war that lasted for 100 years! So indeed, all hail King Louis!

The Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years War was a religious war fought from 1618-1648 iin involved a dispute between the Habsburgs and the Bourbons. It actually included 3 wars, The War of Polish Succession 1733-1739, The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1748, and The Seven Years' War 1756-1763. It began as disputes between Protestants and Catholics but later developed into a war involving most of Europe, especially the Hasburg Family, including Philip II, and the Bourbons. The Thirty Years war war fought mostly by mercenaries, and was very destructive to the empire. In fact, many empires including Pomerania, Mecklenburg, Wurzburg and Palitinate lost more that 50% of their population and many others lost high numbers as well. The 30 Years War ended with the treaty of Munster, part of the Peace of Westphalia.

Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli was one of the leaders who led the major reforms in the 18th century, primarily in Switzerland. He differed from the Catholic church and the other protestants of this time because he opposed many things that others did not. For example, he believed that the eucharist was only a symbol to signify Christ, and did not actually turn into the blood and the body of Christ as many thought. He disagreed with the Anabaptists especially because of his views on Baptism, and where he thought infant Baptism was acceptable, while they thought it was not. He also opposed fasting during lent and the use of images, or idols, in places of worship. He clashed with the Anabapist reformers, which ultimately led to their persecution.