What contradictions existed at the beginning of the 17th century between European states?

First, there are religious contradictions between Catholics and Protestants in central Europe. If the northern one was Protestant, and the southern Catholic, then in the center – from France to the Czech Republic, Catholics and Protestants were in conflict, which resulted in the fierce Thirty Years War in 1618-1648.
Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth had contradictions in the Baltic states, because of which they fought for the first third of a century.
At the beginning of the century, during the Time of Troubles, the Moscow kingdom had a war with Sweden and the Commonwealth, it ended with the loss of Smolensk and the coast of the Gulf of Finland, their return became the main issue of foreign policy in the 17th century.
The Ottoman Empire fought with Venice over Crete and with Austria.
Spain in 1609 signed an armistice for 12 years with the Netherlands. However, their independence was recognized only in 1648.



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