15. WARS OF RELIGION AND THE CLASH OF WORLDVIEWS, 1560

Quiz for Document 15.1: The Horrors of the Thirty Years’ War (1626)

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1. The author of the document blames the violence on

religious differences between Catholics and Lutherans.

the influence of preachers.

the soldiers of the invading army.

the local lord who failed to protect them.

2. The Lutheran weaver Teufel believed that the bloodbath could have been averted

if the villagers had stood firm and fought.

if the villagers had gathered more money to pay off the soldiers.

if the villagers had all converted to Catholicism.

under no circumstances.