Hi, I am new to the site but I wanted to know if an idea was plausible.
In the 1500s to just about after the thirty years war Germany was subject to massive amount of unrest, could harsher treatment of the protestant lords(idk persecution or seizure of lands and properties) could have led to a large scale revolt and secession of low germany. Perhaps, the anger directed at the Catholic Church could be aimed at those conniving Hapsburgs.
If so, who would be a good candidate to lead and would the leader be more or less absolutist.
Also the Netherlands would be part of such a state.
In the 1500s to just about after the thirty years war Germany was subject to massive amount of unrest, could harsher treatment of the protestant lords(idk persecution or seizure of lands and properties) could have led to a large scale revolt and secession of low germany. Perhaps, the anger directed at the Catholic Church could be aimed at those conniving Hapsburgs.
If so, who would be a good candidate to lead and would the leader be more or less absolutist.
Also the Netherlands would be part of such a state.