Which of these statements best summarizes the outcome of the Thirty Years’ War?(1 point) Responses 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. Catholics regained control of Lutheran strongholds in the northern Holy Roman Empire. 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.

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 resulted in a complex political landscape where neither side achieved complete dominance, and the Peace of Westphalia (1648) effectively solidified the territorial and political status of various Protestant and Catholic states in Europe.