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Originally Posted by peter12
I love how history turned that battle into a turning point for Christianity and the political boundaries of Europe, and it was, but at the time, it was also really about who needed to get paid.
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Yeah, I hate how the religious angle gets glorified.
The French were harassing the Hapsburg's and cheered the Ottomans on at first. Protestant revolutionaries fought for the Ottomans. The Venetians were supporting the Ottomans as well. The Polish-Lithuanians supported Austria, but practically made them beg for it and showed up late just to make a point.
Then when the Ottomans were defeated, it became "Yay for Christians!".