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The Thirty Years War

Europe's Tragedy

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ISBN 9780674062313

Publication: October 2011

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1024 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 color illustrations, 8 halftones, 22 maps

Belknap Press

United States and its dependencies only

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  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps and Battle Plans
  • List of Tables
  • Note on Form
  • The Habsburg Family Tree 1500–1665
  • Map of Central Europe, 1618
  • Note on Currencies
  • Preface
  • Part I: Beginnings
    • 1. Introduction
      • Three Men and a Window
      • Interpretations
      • The Argument
    • 2. Trouble in the Heart of Christendom
      • The Empire
      • Confessionalization
      • Religion and Imperial Law
    • 3. Casa d’Austria
      • Lands and Dynasty
      • Estates and Confession
      • The Catholic Revival
    • 4. The Turkish War and Its Consequences
      • The Turkish Menace
      • The Ways of War
      • The Long Turkish War
      • The Brothers’ Quarrel
    • 5. Pax Hispanica
      • The Spanish Monarchy
      • The Dutch Revolt 1568–1609
      • The Spanish Road
      • Spanish Peace-making
    • 6. Dominium Maris Baltici
      • Denmark
      • The Divided House of Vasa
      • Poland-Lithuania
    • 7. From Rudolf to Matthias 1582–1612
      • Religion and the German Princes
      • Confession and Imperial Politics to 1608
      • Union and Liga 1608–9
      • The Ju¨ lich-Cleves Crisis 1609–10
    • 8. On the Brink?
      • Emperor Matthias
      • The Uskok War and the Habsburg Succession 1615–17
      • Palatine Brinkmanship
  • Part Two: Conflict
  • 9. The Bohemian Revolt 1618–20
    • For Liberty and Privilege
    • A King for a Crown
    • Ferdinand Gathers His Forces
    • White Mountain
    • Accounting for Failure
  • 10. Ferdinand Triumphant 1621–4
    • The Palatine Cause
    • Protestant Paladins
    • The Catholic Ascendancy 1621–9
  • 11. Olivares and Richelieu
    • Olivares
    • Richelieu
    • The Valtellina
  • 12. Denmark’s War against the Emperor 1625–9
    • Trouble in Lower Saxony
    • Wallenstein
    • Denmark’s Defeat 1626–9
  • 13. The Threat of European War 1628–30
    • The Baltic
    • The Netherlands
    • Mantua and La Rochelle
    • The Edict of Restitution
    • The Regensburg Electoral Congress 1630
  • 14. The Lion of the North 1630–2
    • Swedish Intervention
    • Between the Lion and the Eagle
    • The Swedish Empire
    • Calls for Assistance
    • Zenith
  • 15. Without Gustavus 1633–4
    • The Heilbronn League
    • Tension along the Rhine
    • Spain Intervenes
    • Wallenstein: the Final Act
    • The Two Ferdinands
  • 16. For the Liberty of Germany 1635–6
    • Richelieu Resolves on War
    • The War in the West 1635–6
    • The Peace of Prague 1635
    • Appeals to Patriotism
    • Renewed Efforts for Peace
  • 17. Habsburg High Tide 1637–40
    • Stalemate
    • Resolution on the Rhine
    • Peace for North Germany?
  • 18. In the Balance 1641–3
    • The Franco-Swedish Alliance 1641
    • The War in the Empire 1642–3
    • Spain’s Growing Crisis 1635–43
    • From Breda to Rocroi 1637–43
  • 19. Pressure to Negotiate 1644–5
    • The Westphalian Congress
    • France in Germany 1644
    • The Baltic Becomes Swedish 1643–5
    • 1645: Annus horribilis et mirabilis
  • 20. War or Peace 1646–8
    • A Crisis of Confidence 1646
    • Towards Consensus
    • Spain’s Peace with the Dutch
    • The Final Round 1648
  • Part Three: Aftermath
  • 21. The Westphalian Settlement
    • The International Dimension
    • A Christian Peace
    • Demobilization
    • The Imperial Recovery
  • 22. The Human and Material Cost
    • An All-destructive Fury?
    • The Demographic Impact
    • The Economic Impact
    • The Crisis of the Territorial State
    • Cultural Impact
  • 23. Experiencing War
    • The Nature of Experience
    • Military–Civil Relations
    • Perceptions
    • Commemoration
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

Awards

  • 2011 Distinguished Book Award, European or Other Military History Category, Society for Military History
  • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2010
  • An Atlantic Books of the Year Runner-Up, 2009
  • An Independent Best History Book of 2009
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