Declining HRE and Poland Flashcards
What empire was never the same since the 30 years war?
Holy Roman Empire
What hurts HRE in terms of religion
Portestants and Catholic fighting hurts them
Which two states emerge as strong states?
Austria and Prussia
Which country is fairly tolerant?
Poland
As a result of Poland being quite tolerant, which religious people were gathered there
Jews
what language did Jews speak?
Yiddish?
In government, which group of people were independent?
nobles
Who elected their king
nobles
Why was the king in poland always a foreigner?
So the King would compromise with nobles
What is the diet?
Parliament
who was the diet made of?
nobles
Liberium veto
if one noble disagrees, law does not pass
What does it mean by exploding the diet?
Led to anarchy (lawlessness) in political life
Poland: What are the problems mainly caused by
Weak central government
What does serfdom lead to?
Poorness everywhere
Because of poland’s bad location, what will start to happen
start losing Land
HRE decline main points
30 years war
protestant vs. catholic fighting hurts them
Poland decline main points
Terrible central govenment
Liberium Veto –> exploding idet
too much serfdom
bad location
