The Thirty Years War: Europe's tragedy

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...

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Main Author: Wilson, Peter H. 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 2009
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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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
Physical Description:XXII, 996 S., [8] Bl. of plates Ill. (some col.), Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780674036345
0674036344

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