What is European wars of religion?
In the [[Protestant Reformation]], a number of people criticizes the [[Roman Catholic church|Roman Catholic Church]]. ==Overview== People such as [[Martin Luther]], [[Jean Calvin]], [[Huldrych Zwingli]] or [[Jan Hus]] were reformers: In the end, each of them had followers which started their own church. Today, most of these Churches are known as [[Protestant]]. ==Events== In the '''European wars of religion''', countries, but also local leaders fought for influence. Most of the time one side of the warring fraction was Catholics, the other was Protestants. Examples of these wars: *[[Hussite wars]] (1419-34) *Three [[Dalecarlian rebellions]] (1524-31) *[[German Peasants' War]] *[[Eighty Years' War]] *[[Thirty Years' War]] *[[Huguenot rebellions]] [[Category:Wars involving Europe]] {{history-stub}}