The Thirty Years' War

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Psychology Press, 1997 - History - 316 pages

The first edition of The Thirty Years' War offered an unrivalled survey of a central period in European history. Drawing on a huge body of source material from different languages and countries throughout Europe, it provided a clear and comprehensive narrative and analytical account of the subject. It has established itself as the classic text with reviewers, students and the general reader.
This second edition has been thoroughly revised to include the very latest research. The updated bibliographical information provides an invaluable resource, synthesising the major work in the field, in all languages, up to 1996.
Written with great clarity and liveliness, the book brings alive the period in all its aspects. It covers the horrors of the war and the contorted politics of the period. It deals with all the major figures, including Wallerstein and Richelieu, Gustavus Adolphus and Tilly, the Winter King and the Habsburg emperors. For range and depth of coverage there is no other work like it. It has become the definitive book on the subject.

 

Contents

EUROPE BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE 15551618
2
Germany before the
11
The Union the League and the politics of Europe
22
The gathering storm
34
THE INDECISIVE WAR 16181629
50
24
86
22
114
Frances war by diversion by Richard J Bonney
129
THE WAR IN MYTH LEGEND AND HISTORY
170
The war and politics
192
Abbreviations
212
42
217
64
225
Bibliographical essay by Geoffrey Parker incorporating material
248
Index of authors
273
General index
281

COUNTDOWN TO PEACE
138
34
148

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About the author (1997)

Geoffrey Parker is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books. He is Andreas Dorpelan Professor of History at Ohio State University. Geoffrey Parker, Simon Adams, Gerhard Benecke, Richard J. Bonney, John H. Elliot, R.J.W. Evans, Christopher R. Friedrichs, Bodo Nischan, E. Ladewig Petersen, Michael Roberts

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