Some princes of the empire joined the Union, others the League. Europe ​ — and the empire in particular — ​ was a powder keg of suspicion that needed just one spark to send everything up in smoke.
कॅथलिकांनी प्रॉटेस्टंट लोकांवर अविश्‍वास दाखवला आणि प्रॉटेस्टंट लोकांनी त्यांच्या प्रतिस्पर्धी कॅथलिकांना तुच्छ लेखले.