Which of these statements best summarizes the outcome of the Thirty Years’ War?(1 point)

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Protestantism overtook Catholicism as the official religion in Italy and Spain.
Protestantism overtook Catholicism as the official religion in Italy and Spain.

European Catholics and Protestants lived in religious harmony after the end of this conflict.
European Catholics and Protestants lived in religious harmony after the end of this conflict.

Protestants and Catholics continued to control the same areas in Europe that they had at the beginning of this conflict.
Protestants and Catholics continued to control the same areas in Europe that they had at the beginning of this conflict.

Catholics regained control of Lutheran strongholds in the northern Holy Roman Empire.

Answer 1

The statement that best summarizes the outcome of the Thirty Years' War is:

Protestants and Catholics continued to control the same areas in Europe that they had at the beginning of this conflict.

While the war resulted in significant political and territorial changes in Europe, the Peace of Westphalia (1648) effectively recognized the territorial boundaries and religious divisions that had emerged during the war, allowing for both Protestant and Catholic states to coexist in their respective regions.