Evaluate the importance of religion in causing two wars.

Candidates will make an appraisal of the role of religion in causing two Early Modern wars. While the focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic, the two wars chosen need not be contemporaneous and they may or may not be chosen from the same region. While religious causes must be the focus of the response, depending on the wars chosen, other factors may be discussed in order to provide context for the evaluation. It may, for example, be argued that religion was the catalyst for one or both wars, but that other factors had a significant long-term impact. Alternatively, it could be argued that religion was the underlying cause but that other factors acted as the catalyst. Each war may be considered separately or a thematic approach adopted to weigh the significance, or otherwise, of religion in relation to other relevant factors.