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Possibly it was, considering the original motive of some of the participants. Nevertheless, the gains and losses of both sides led to a new status quo. The later stages of the war forced rulers to pursue policies based on their own political interests.
A prominent European historian, Stephen J. Lee, argues that “throughout the war strategic interests were of paramount importance and religion could be seen as a convenient form of justification for devious diplomacy and as a veil for cynical political decisions” (Lee, 1984: 83).