Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See Palatine Hill for geography of Rome. See count palatine for vice-regal office-bearers. See also: Palatine, Illinois Palatine, New York Palatine Bridge, New York This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. Historical Definiton: Palatine, in the late 17th century, was a small providence in the Holy Roman Empire that is believed to be one of the many chief causes of the Thirty Years War. Rising up against the rest of Europe as a Calvinist stronghold, Palatine was considered the base-camp of the Calvinist Invasion. This area inspired the Protestants at Prague, some believe. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.