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The Little Ice Age - A New Communication Medium
The 30 years war takes place during and immediately after a climate event known as the little ice age in which the world got noticeably colder for a period. Because of this the winter got much longer in northern europe and crop it caused massive agricultural failures leading to increased social dislocation. And then on top of this all you have these across Europe these these sovereigns and political entities that are engaged in this critical crisis of gridlock and authority. The previous structure of feudalism was no longer a workable social and economic project in europe but they reacted really the only way they could by trying to jockey for power and position amongst themselves and wage war.