SirSassyCat

SirSassyCat t1_j88ju99 wrote

Reply to comment by Nanojack in TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s. by jamescookenotthatone

What do you mean? Most of what the west currently calls Indian stems from victorian era England.

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SirSassyCat t1_iucfdrp wrote

Reply to comment by 24benson in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

You're right, I mean kick started freedom of worship, which I erroneously conflated with the reformation.

Also, your statement about religions being the same isn't true. Some territories that were mostly protestant were forced to convert back to Catholicism as part of the peace.

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SirSassyCat t1_iucchhs wrote

Reply to comment by 24benson in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

It was definitely about religion, at least 50%, the 30 years war basically broke the power of the church in Europe and basically kick started the protestant reformation. The other 50% was mostly politics between France and Austria, each of them trying to become the dominant power in Europe.

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