Three Decades of Divinity

The thirty years war began in 1618 and lasted until 1648. This war began with the holy Roman Empire attempting to "curtail certain religious privileges enjoyed by his subjects".. This sparked an uprising among the protestantsThe protestants then turned to some of the most powerful and well known protestant states in Great Britain, Denmark, and the Dutch Republic. In order to counter them other forces were brought into the picture such as the German catholics, Spain, and the papacy by the Roman Empire. After thirty years of fighting and many lives lost, the war ended at the Battle of Prague in 1648.

Through this long time span, life did not seize, and since life did not seize, art continued to be made. There were many pieces created regarding the war as it was a very volatile time period. A piece  called 'Rocroi, the last tercio' by Augusto Ferrer Dalmau depicted as seen by many as the turning point of this war as it showed that the perceived invincibility of the Spanish was false. The Spanish army was slaughtered by the French. In this piece, it is shown that many of the Spanish lay dead in front of a large amount of French soldiers realigning. Dalmau does not leave any room for imagination as he made this piece very graphic in many manors from dead horses, dead men, and how could one leave pools of blood from the image. A statement is made from this piece giving the viewer no choice but to know who won this battle.
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