After the Conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648

question 56

Multiple Choice

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

• A)became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees.
• B)was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states.
• C)became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia.
• D)was dominated by Brandenburg-Prussia, which suppressed the autonomy of all other imperial territories.
• E)was ruled by the Bourbons.

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