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The reformations wars lasted half a century and killed tens of millions. Parts of Europe were nearly depopulated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27
by BurningFrog 2y ago
The reformations wars lasted half a century and killed tens of millions. Parts of Europe were nearly depopulated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War
- robwwilliams 2y agoYes, but I think massive technical improvements in munitions, methods of siege warfare and the switch to flintlocks and cartridges were much more proximal cause of destruction than the printing press. Give a ruler and ruling class a new weapon and off they go killing and destroying more “efficiently”.