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The '''Great Confessional War''' was a sectarian conflict in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] occurring within the greater context of [[the Anarchy]], though immediately caused by the imperial victory against the [[Kingdom of Angla]] in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Protestant forces under King Riordan V and King Donnchad III sought to force the empire to permit individual Levantine states to formally adopt restorationism or reformism, and to discriminate against the [[~~Levantine~~ Catholic Church]]. Imperial forces in turn sought to end the Protestant Reform and to ban Protestantism and reformism. The imperial forces ultimately achieved victory, but only after a lengthy conflict marked by brutal fighting.

The '''Great Confessional War''' was a sectarian conflict in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] occurring within the greater context of [[the Anarchy]], though immediately caused by the imperial victory against the [[Kingdom of Angla]] in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Protestant forces under King Riordan V and King Donnchad III sought to force the empire to permit individual Levantine states to formally adopt restorationism or reformism, and to discriminate against the [[Catholic Church]]. Imperial forces in turn sought to end the Protestant Reform and to ban Protestantism and reformism. The imperial forces ultimately achieved victory, but only after a lengthy conflict marked by brutal fighting.

Protestant forces scored a series of victories in the first years of the war, particularly once the more competent King Donnchad III took the helm of the [[Protestant Union]]. But the [[Holy League]] regained the advantage in 1565 at the Battle of Drumfree, and following the coronation of Leo III that year, the Holy League rarely found itself on the defense. Imperial forces ultimately achieved a final victory in 1575, and thereafter stripped all Protestant landholders of title, while also undertaking a new inquisition against reformism and restorationism. Leo III rewarded the states of the Holy League, such as Burgundie, with then-vacated former Protestant lands and electorates, and firmly entrenched Catholicism as the official state faith of the empire and predominant social force in Levantia. Protestant leaders only escaped persecution in the newly established Kingdom of Faramount, which was granted independence after betraying the Protestant cause. The empire's intolerant policies prompted a mass exodus of Protestants abroad, a lasting legacy of the conflict.

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Following the Holy League’s victory in the Battle of Placename in 1573, it was clear that the Protestant Union’s back was broken and that the war would be decided in petty individual treaties between individual Protestant Princes and the unified Holy League. Various abuses and indignities were inflicted on the conquered Protestant princes as their lands fell one by one to the Holy League.

Following the Treaty of TBD on August 10, [[1575]] the remaining Protestants were given an ultimatum to convert or be banished through the coastal cities of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Of the estimated tens of millions of [[Levantia|Levantine]] Protestants in [[1551]], only 530,000 remained alive or unconverted in [[1575]] and of those 493,000 refused to convert and were transported. [[Levantia|Southern Levantia]] became entrenched as a unitary bastion of [[~~Levantine~~ Catholic Church|Catholicism]], the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] covered all of southern and central [[Levantia|Levantia]] with the exception of [[Faneria]], and an [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire|age of colonialism]] was spurred on by the banishment of the Protestants. The [[Dragonnades]] were prosecuted in an effort to bring the expulsion to its comnpletion. The expulsion of the Protestants lead to the establishment of [[Pharisedom]]s abroad.

Following the Treaty of TBD on August 10, [[1575]] the remaining Protestants were given an ultimatum to convert or be banished through the coastal cities of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Of the estimated tens of millions of [[Levantia|Levantine]] Protestants in [[1551]], only 530,000 remained alive or unconverted in [[1575]] and of those 493,000 refused to convert and were transported. [[Levantia|Southern Levantia]] became entrenched as a unitary bastion of [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] covered all of southern and central [[Levantia|Levantia]] with the exception of [[Faneria]], and an [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire|age of colonialism]] was spurred on by the banishment of the Protestants. The [[Dragonnades]] were prosecuted in an effort to bring the expulsion to its comnpletion. The expulsion of the Protestants lead to the establishment of [[Pharisedom]]s abroad.

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-The '''Great Confessional War''' was a sectarian conflict in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] occurring within the greater context of [[the Anarchy]], though immediately caused by the imperial victory against the [[Kingdom of Angla]] in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Protestant forces under King Riordan V and King Donnchad III sought to force the empire to permit individual Levantine states to formally adopt restorationism or reformism, and to discriminate against the [[Levantine Catholic Church]]. Imperial forces in turn sought to end the Protestant Reform and to ban Protestantism and reformism. The imperial forces ultimately achieved victory, but only after a lengthy conflict marked by brutal fighting.
+The '''Great Confessional War''' was a sectarian conflict in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] occurring within the greater context of [[the Anarchy]], though immediately caused by the imperial victory against the [[Kingdom of Angla]] in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Protestant forces under King Riordan V and King Donnchad III sought to force the empire to permit individual Levantine states to formally adopt restorationism or reformism, and to discriminate against the [[Catholic Church]]. Imperial forces in turn sought to end the Protestant Reform and to ban Protestantism and reformism. The imperial forces ultimately achieved victory, but only after a lengthy conflict marked by brutal fighting.
 Protestant forces scored a series of victories in the first years of the war, particularly once the more competent King Donnchad III took the helm of the [[Protestant Union]]. But the [[Holy League]] regained the advantage in 1565 at the Battle of Drumfree, and following the coronation of Leo III that year, the Holy League rarely found itself on the defense. Imperial forces ultimately achieved a final victory in 1575, and thereafter stripped all Protestant landholders of title, while also undertaking a new inquisition against reformism and restorationism. Leo III rewarded the states of the Holy League, such as Burgundie, with then-vacated former Protestant lands and electorates, and firmly entrenched Catholicism as the official state faith of the empire and predominant social force in Levantia. Protestant leaders only escaped persecution in the newly established Kingdom of Faramount, which was granted independence after betraying the Protestant cause. The empire's intolerant policies prompted a mass exodus of Protestants abroad, a lasting legacy of the conflict.
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 Following the Holy League’s victory in the Battle of Placename in 1573, it was clear that the Protestant Union’s back was broken and that the war would be decided in petty individual treaties between individual Protestant Princes and the unified Holy League. Various abuses and indignities were inflicted on the conquered Protestant princes as their lands fell one by one to the Holy League.
-Following the Treaty of TBD on August 10, [[1575]] the remaining Protestants were given an ultimatum to convert or be banished through the coastal cities of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Of the estimated tens of millions of [[Levantia|Levantine]] Protestants in [[1551]], only 530,000 remained alive or unconverted in [[1575]] and of those 493,000 refused to convert and were transported. [[Levantia|Southern Levantia]] became entrenched as a unitary bastion of [[Levantine Catholic Church|Catholicism]], the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] covered all of southern and central [[Levantia|Levantia]] with the exception of [[Faneria]], and an [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire|age of colonialism]] was spurred on by the banishment of the Protestants. The [[Dragonnades]] were prosecuted in an effort to bring the expulsion to its comnpletion. The expulsion of the Protestants lead to the establishment of [[Pharisedom]]s abroad.
+Following the Treaty of TBD on August 10, [[1575]] the remaining Protestants were given an ultimatum to convert or be banished through the coastal cities of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Of the estimated tens of millions of [[Levantia|Levantine]] Protestants in [[1551]], only 530,000 remained alive or unconverted in [[1575]] and of those 493,000 refused to convert and were transported. [[Levantia|Southern Levantia]] became entrenched as a unitary bastion of [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] covered all of southern and central [[Levantia|Levantia]] with the exception of [[Faneria]], and an [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire|age of colonialism]] was spurred on by the banishment of the Protestants. The [[Dragonnades]] were prosecuted in an effort to bring the expulsion to its comnpletion. The expulsion of the Protestants lead to the establishment of [[Pharisedom]]s abroad.
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