- 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
- 1. Introduction
- 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
The Thirty Years War
Europe’s Tragedy
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Publication Date: 10/15/2011
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