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Austria THE COUNTER-REFORMATION AND THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR https://workmall.com/wfb2001/austria/austria_history_the_counter_reformation_and_the_thirty_years_war.html Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies After the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1529, Ferdinand recognized that defense of the Habsburg lands required that Hungary form a bulwark against the Turks. Although Turkey's ultimate objective was the conquest of Europe, Western Europe did not see the Turks as a threat and was unwilling to aid Ferdinand in the defense of the continent's eastern borders. He thus signed a peace agreement with the Turks in 1562 that formalized the stalemated status quo in Hungary. THE COUNTER-REFORMATION AND THE THIRTY YEARS' WARData as of December 1993
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