This thoroughly revised new edition of Geoffrey Parker's classic text incorporates the latest research about this central episode of early modern history. `Judicious, lively, enlightening.' - Times Literary Supplement
This volume is a collaborative effort, wherein the first five chapters are arranged chronologically, and the sixth revises the conventional picture of a devastated Germany.
This concise book takes a different approach; it sets out to give an understanding of the events and personalities involved and is an ideal overview for both specialists and those new to the subject.
A comprehensive history of the great conflict that arose from religious strife between Protestants & Catholics. Draws on original German source material. Illus. Maps.
... minor) European states during the 'long' Turkish war by J. P. Niederkorn, Die europäische Mächte und der 'Lange Türkenkrieg' Kaiser Rudolfs II. 1593-1606 (Vienna, 1993); and, for the origins of the 'uzkok war', see C. W. Bracewell, ...
Trediveårskrigen; Wallenstein; La Rochelle; Kardinal Richelieu; Christian IV; Dronning Kristina af Sverige; Deveroux, W.; Ferdenand II; Frederik V, Konge af Böhmen; Futtenbach; Gryphius; Gustav II Adolf; Hollar, W.; Kepler, J.;...
The Thirty Years' War
"This book [was] written to counterbalance those accounts that see the [Thirty Years'] War as a parade of campaigns, battles, and states. The author shows people coping with the rigours...