The Thirty Years War and the Conflict for European Hegemony, 1600-1660
Author: Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 144
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Author: Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 144
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Published: 1966
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Published: 1981
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 128
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 128
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Published: 1967
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Published: 1966
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter H. Wilson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2019-08-20
Total Pages: 1038
ISBN-13: 067424625X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. When defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor’s envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals—the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, opportunistic Wallenstein and pious Tilly; and crafty diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. 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. By war’s end a recognizably modern Europe had been created, but at what price? The Thirty Years War condemned the Germans to two centuries of internal division and international impotence and became a benchmark of brutality for centuries. As late as the 1960s, Germans placed it ahead of both world wars and the Black Death as their country’s greatest disaster. An understanding of the Thirty Years War is essential to comprehending modern European history. Wilson’s masterful book will stand as the definitive account of this epic conflict. For a map of Central Europe in 1618, referenced on page XVI, please visit this book’s page on the Harvard University Press website.
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-05
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1134477082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe onset of the Italian Wars in 1494, subsequently seen as the onset of 'modern warfare', provides the starting point for this impressive survey of European Warfare in early modern Europe. Huge developments in the logistics of war combined with exploration and expansion meant interaction with extra-European forms of military might. Jeremy Black looks at technological aspects of war as well social and political developments and effects during this key period of military history. This sharp and compact analysis contextualises European developments and as establishes the global significance of events in Europe.
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2011-07
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 1612343279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume traces Europe's military revolution, beginning with the onset of modern warfare in the 15th century Italian Wars and ending with the restoration of the House of Stuart to the English throne. It provides a complete bibliography for this time.