reason we have around us could collapse and hellish to find talent. sixteen eighteen c. is europe fragmented into catholic and protestant territories imperial. cities bishoprics and touches. in may sixteen eighteen the catholic emperor puts down or a billion in protestant bohemia and ignites a pan-european conflict. the protestants get support from sweden and france the catholic allies itself with the swedes because it needs their support against spain . which forms the hapsburg alliance with the german emperor. ultimately almost all of europe is drawn into the war. this is i m clique kind of as it may be characterized as a european war but to put it formally and correctly it largely only took place on the territory of the holy roman empire of the german nation is