Saturday, 17 December 2011

Denmark

In 1524, King Christian II adapted to Lutheranism and encouraged Lutheran preachers to access Denmark admitting the action of the Danish diet of 1524. Following the afterlife of King Frederick I in 1533, war bankrupt out amid Catholic followers of Count Christoph of Oldenburg, and the durably Lutheran Count Christian of Holstein. After accident his basic abutment in Lübeck, Christoph bound fell to defeat, assuredly accident his aftermost bastion of Copenhagen in 1536. Lutheranism was anon established, the Catholic bishops were imprisoned, and apostolic and abbey acreage were anon confiscated to pay for the armies that had brought Christian to power. In Denmark this added aristocratic revenues by 300%.

Thirty Years' War. In 1625 Christian IV of Denmark, who was additionally the Duke of Holstein, agreed to advice the Lutheran rulers of neighbouring Lower Saxony adjoin the armament of the Holy Roman Empire by amid militarily. Denmark's account was aided by France which, calm with England, had agreed to advice angel the war. Christian had himself appointed war baton of the Lower Saxon Alliance and aloft an army of 20,000-35,000 mercenaries. Christian, however, was affected to retire afore the accumulated armament of Imperial generals Albrecht von Wallenstein and Tilly. Wallenstein's army marched north, application Mecklenburg, Pomerania, and ultimately Jutland. However, defective a fleet, he was clumsy to booty the Danish basic on the island of Zealand. Peace negotiations were assured in the Treaty of Lübeck in 1629, which declared that Christian IV could accumulate his ascendancy over Denmark if he would carelessness his abutment for the Protestant German states.

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