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

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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.

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

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.

The war ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which primarily restored the territorial and political status quo ante bellum, meaning that the existing territories and areas of control largely remained unchanged in terms of governance by Protestants and Catholics.