The Thirty Years War : Europe's Tragedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Peter H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Europe--History, Military--1492-1648.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1038 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Thirty Years War

Place of Publication:

Cumberland : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Summary:

A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict--a conflict that ultimately transformed the map of the modern world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps and Battle Plans

List of Tables

Note on Form

The Habsburg Family Tree 1500–1665

Map of Central Europe

Note on Currencies

Preface

Part one. Beginnings

1 Introduction

2 Trouble in the Heart of Christendom

3 Casa d’Austria

4 The Turkish War and its Consequences

5 Pax Hispanica

6 Dominium Maris Baltici

7 From Rudolf to Matthias 1582–1612

8 On the Brink?

Part two. Conflict

9 The Bohemian Revolt 1618–20

10 Ferdinand Triumphant 1621–4

11 Olivares and Richelieu

12 Denmark’s War against the Emperor 1625–9

13 The Threat of European War 1628–30

14 The Lion of the North 1630–2

15 Without Gustavus 1633–4

16 For the Liberty of Germany 1635–6

17 Habsburg High Tide 1637–40

18 In the Balance 1641–3

19 Pressure to Negotiate 1644–5

20 War or Peace 1646–8

Part three. Aftermath

21 The Westphalian Settlement

22 The Human and Material Cost

23 Experiencing War

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Pictures

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-24624-1

OCLC:

1139917608