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The Thirty Years War Peter H. Wilson

The Thirty Years War By Peter H. Wilson

The Thirty Years War by Peter H. Wilson

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An edited and annotated collection of translated documents on the Thirty Years War, providing students with accessible source material on this destructive conflict. Covering all aspects of the war from a variety of contemporary perspectives, it brings together an exciting range of material from treaties to literature to eyewitness accounts.

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The Thirty Years War: A Sourcebook by Peter H. Wilson


An edited and annotated collection of translated documents on the Thirty Years War, providing students with accessible source material on this destructive conflict. Covering all aspects of the war from a variety of contemporary perspectives, it brings together an exciting range of material from treaties to literature to eyewitness accounts.

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'This book is a superb and unique means of introducing newcomers to the political and military events that shaped the course of the war. It is the rare example of a user-friendly, single-volume edition of primary sources that covers all aspects of one of the most important and protracted wars in early modern Europe.' - Michael Schaich, Research Fellow and Head Librarian, German Historical Institute, London

About Peter H. Wilson

PETER WILSON isthe Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. He is author of War, State and Society in Wurttemberg, The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806, From Reich to Revolution 1558-1806 and Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Figures.- Chronology.- Introduction.- Political and Religious Tension in the Empire after 1555.- Confessional Polarisation? Protestant Union and Catholic League.- Crisis in the Habsburg Monarchy.- The Bohemian Revolt and its Aftermath.- Spain and the Netherlands.- The War in Western and Northern Germany 1621-9.- The Catholic Ascendancy.- The Edict of Restitution.- Swedish Intervention.- The Destruction of Magdeburg, 1631.- Sweden's Search for Security and Reward, 1631-5.- Wallenstein's Second Generalship 1632-4.- The Peace of Prague, 1635.- War and Politics, 1635-40.- Military Organisation and the War Economy.- Experience.- Peace Making 1641-8.- The Peace of Westphalia.- Peace Implementation, Celebration and Commemoration.- Guide to Further Reading.- Index.

Additional information

NPB9780230242050
9780230242050
0230242057
The Thirty Years War: A Sourcebook by Peter H. Wilson
Peter H. Wilson
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2010-10-27
240
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