Title:
The Thirty Years War / C.V. Wedgwood ; foreword by Anthony Grafton.
Author:
Wedgwood, C. V. (Cicely Veronica), 1910-1997.
Publication Information:
New York : New York Review Books, 2005.
Call Number:
D258 .W4 2005
Conference Subject:
Abstract:
Europe in 1618 was riven between Protestants and Catholics, Bourbon and Hapsburg--as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. After angry Protestants tossed three representatives of the Holy Roman Empire out the window of the royal castle in Prague, world war spread from Bohemia with relentless abandon, drawing powers from Spain to Sweden into a nightmarish world of famine, disease, and seemingly unstoppable destruction.
Electronic Access:
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ISBN:
9781590171462
Series:
New York Review Books classics
New York Review Books classics.
Physical Description:
520 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1938.
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Contents:
Germany and Europe : 1618 -- A king for Bohemia : 1617-19 -- Spanish tocsin, German alarum : 1619-21 -- The Emperor Ferdinand and the Elector Maximilian : 1621-5 -- Towards the Baltic : 1625-8 -- Deadlock : 1628-30 -- The king of Sweden : 1630-2 -- From Lützen to Nördlingen--and beyond 1632-5 -- The struggle for the Rhine : 1635-9 -- The collapse of Spain : 1639-43 -- Towards peace : 1643-8 -- The peace and after.
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