Ephesus, smyrna, pergamos, thyatira, sardis, philadelphia and laodicea rev 23. 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. Written for a wider audience than revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by schillers own interest in the question of human freedom and his rationalist optimism. Jun 25, 2012 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The complex peace agreement that ended it, the treaty of westphalia. The thirty years war shaped europe and especially the holy roman empire nowadays germany. It is written primarily by geoffrey parker, though he recruited expert colleagues to assist on some chapters.
In his monumental study of the causes and the consequences of the thirty years w. The thirty years war friedrich schiller, german poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright 17591805 this ebook presents the thirty years war. In many ways, this war, and the subsequent peace of westphalia, would set the stage for the balance of power in europe until the first world war in 1914. The clash of one conception, deriving from the legacy of humanism, tinged with protestantism and taking as its model the united netherlands, with another, catholichumanist one which followed the example of spain, becomes thus the. Part of a lecture series given on board the windstar cruises yachts, star pride and wind surf, in the summer of 2017. In fact, almost all of the powerful countries in europe were involved in the war. The habsburgs victorious the thirty years war taylor. Frederik ii and the protestant cause denmarks role in the wars. Peter wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.
The experience of war, anxiety regarding the future, and the will to reconstruct, 1647 appendixes a chronology of the thirty years war questions for consideration3. Dec 08, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It was rediscovered in a library in berlin in the early 1990s. Europes tragedy is a wonderful analysis of a largely forgotten major european war. This book was first published in 1938 and is still considered the best book on the thirty years war. This book was written and published during wwii and as such this gives the works a sense of dramatic urgency. Oct 15, 2011 a deadly continental struggle, the thirty years war devastated seventeenthcentury europe, killing nearly a quarter of all germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. It left ruined cities, burned out villages, and fallow fields. Reading the dutch reformation with particular interest in james arminius, i thought the thirty years war might interest me. Thirty years war simple english wikipedia, the free. This book is a great overview i stress overview of the climactic struggle known as the thirty years war.
The thirty years war was a 17thcentury religious conflict fought primarily in central europe. In satirizing war and the making of a war hero, the controversial finlandswedish writer henrik tikkanen gives many a nod to american culture and the american military. From the defenestration of prague in 1618 until the peace of westphalia in 1648, brutal warfare swept across europe. The history of the thirty years war is a five volume work, which followed his very successful history of the revolt of the netherlands.
Apr 09, 2021 rudolf ii was a true renaissance patron of the arts, but ill health and unpopularity prevented him from restraining the religious conflicts that eventually led to the thirty years war 161848. That is a time in history between medieval tw and empire tw that hasnt been covered yet, with a great variety of both tactics and weapons of old and new age. A history of the thirty years war, then in the us as the thirty years war. The first edition of the thirty years war offered an unrivalled survey of a central period in european history.
Described by zeman as a pseudohistorical film, it is an anti war black comedy set during the thirty years war. The english civil war 16421651 an illustrated military history free ebook download as pdf file. Thirty years war 161848, in european history, a series of wars fought by. The thirty years war began with a scene now infamous in. Volume 2, the swedish army during the thirty years war 163248 century of the soldier. The thirty years war, 16181648 by samuel rawson gardiner. Gustavus adolphus, frederick v, ferdinand ii and even a baby louis xiv all make an. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Though it was primarily centered in germany, several other countries became involved in the conflict, including france, spain, and sweden.
Its a fascinating book on the thirty years war because of its length. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the thirty years war. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times since the first publication of the original works. Estimates of total military and civilian deaths range from 4. The thirty years war is reckoned to be one of the most destructive. The thirty years war 10 key facts about the 17th century. Historians typically portray the thirty years war as the last and goriest of europes religious warsa final. Thirty years war, 16181648, individual wars, books. Feb 11, 1997 the first edition of the thirty years war offered an unrivalled survey of a central period in european history. He disappointed many who thought he could strengthen the habsburg dynasty.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It took centuries for europe to recover from the aftermath of this great war. Here is what i can offer from the books in my shelves. Confrontations and relations friction and conflict 15.
Rudolf ii, the son of the holy roman emperor maximilian ii, was the king of. The thirty years war began with a naive ruler asserting these rights in an area that only partially belonged to the empire, though the emperor reacted harshly to this and used it as a reason. The thirty years war combined with the black plague wiped out over half to 23 the population of europe. To this day the thirty years war stands as one of my listeners favourite. The last book on your list is the diary of a mercenary from the thirty years war by peter hagendorf.
Eccentric holy roman emperor whose occult interest. The period 16181648 was one of the most complex in european history. Visions of history in german politics, from the thirty years war to. Dci vera stanhope and her team face a series of daunting challenges. The sheer density of the book can be often overwhelming and confusing. Ferdinand iis coronation turned the thirty years war 161848, until then a series of armed scuffles between rival aristocrats and their militias. Desiderius erasmus caught sight of julius ii in the midst of a procession at. The thirty years war was fought from 1618 until 1648. Without any question the period of the thirty years war, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most horrifying in the history of germany. Table of contents01 about this book 02 preface to the sixth edition. An introduction to the the thirty years war, which ravaged continental europe from 16181648. The thirty years war, a combination of numerous religious, political and economic factors, was probably the most defining moment in european history until the first world war, and so it should be ripe with royal drama, thrilling exploits, military spectacles and political intrigue. Protestant propaganda from the thirty years war european.
An understanding of the thirty years war is essential to comprehending modern european history. Get your order fast and stress free with free curbside pickup. The politics are obscure, the geographic landscape unfamiliar, and the personalities, with just a couple of exceptions are largely unknown. I will admit there are times where the sameness of the battles began to bore me and i wanted to learn about another facet of the war but overall i was engrossed and immersed in a truly complicated and. The name the hundred years war has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the long conflict that pitted the kings. Mar 20, 2006 the first edition of the thirty years war offered an unrivalled survey of a central period in european history. The last valley 1971 is a film starring michael caine and omar sharif, who discover a temporary haven from the thirty years war. The thirty years war by geoffrey parker librarything. Thirty years war, 16181648, individual wars, books barnes. Best books on the thirty years war five books expert.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Contributor names true, charles kittredge, 18091878. Sep 30, 2008 the thirty years war intervention scenario full game report intro and turn 1 of 3 duration. The history of the thirty years war by friedrich schiller. Table of contents about this book preface causes of the thirty years war the bohemian revolution. By turns ironic and uproarious, the thirty years war is about a soldier who carried on world war ii by himself, years after it officially ended. The war fought between 1618 and 1648 remains, by many measures, the most destructive in europes history. The present is the best collected edition of the important works of schiller which is accessible to readers in the english language.
The ashgate research companion to the thirty years war. The thirty years war book san antonio public library. Wedgewood is one of the 20th centurys distiguished historians. I was expecting the ospery book to provide me with an informative and conscise overview which would help me unravel this dense era. It began as a fight about religion the protestants and catholics were the two groups that disagreed. Friedrich flade, the military occupation of olmutz, 16421643 16. The thirty years war 16181648 remains a puzzling and complex subject for students and scholars alike. Pdf the spiritual war for ephesus gary gromacki, th. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million. I would love to see total war make an historical game about the thirty years war. The thirty years war is a difficult topic to tackle. Wilsons masterful book will stand as the definitive account of this epic conflict. Possibly the seven churches of asia mentioned by john in the book of revelation were started at this time.
While lacking in detail, the book does a fairly good job of disc. Helfferich has done a remarkable job in assembling texts that convey the sweep of the war, the religious and constitutional questions involved, the international involvement of especially denmark, sweden, and france, and the turbulent misery that the war. The thirty years war samuel rawson gardiner, english historian 18291902 this ebook presents the thirty years war, from samuel rawson gardiner. Oct 02, 2009 the citys destruction would go down as the most notorious atrocity of the thirty years war. Europe in 1618 was riven between protestants and catholics, bourbon and hapsburgas well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. For a map of central europe in 1618, referenced on page xvi, please visit the book feature.
From the author of the national bestseller the sleepwalkers, a book about. The diary is missing the beginning and its missing the end. Peter wilsons book, first published in the uk as europes tragedy. Parker is a careful editor, as the book has a uniform style and reads like a single author text. Europes tragedy, and most recently in paperback as europes tragedy. What you are about to read is an attempt at a new and different account of the thirty years war, seen as an example of two civilizations and ideological conflict. By the turn of the 17th century, widespread resentment existed between the majority protestant population of bohemia, and its catholic habsburg rulers residi. The thirty years war 2nd edition geoffrey parker routledge boo. Toynbee which compiled statements from eyewitnesses from other countries including germany, italy, the netherlands, sweden, and switzerland, who similarly attested to armenians in the ottoman empire during 19151916. A new history of the thirty years war, is the best general history of the war. Drawing on a huge body of source material from different languages and countries throughout europe, it provided a clear and comprehensive narrative and analytical account of the subject.
This book considers the role played by denmarks king frederik ii. Scotland and the thirty years war, 1618 1648 by steve. My rating is not reflective of the book itself but of my preference for what i look for in a history book. For the avid reader of military history, the thirty years war has everythingeuropean realpolitik, religious conflict, dramatic characters, military innovation and violence enough to satisfy the most lurid imagination or touch the coldest heart.
In what ways are the wars of religion really expression of civil war within the holy roman empire. Europes tragedy is a history of prodigious erudition that manages to corral the byzantine complexity of the thirty years war into a coherent narrative. It was a war that devastated europe and left more than onefifth of the german population dead. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Parkers remarkable book, the thirty years war, uses this approach, enlivened with a thoroughly international flavor. The thirty years war complete by friedrich schiller free. So do all the other wellknown authors who have written on the war. There is, to my knowledge, no other book of this sort in english that competes in giving a detailed account of the thirty years war. Why is it difficult to pinpoint the end of the protestant reformation. Religion interacted with rebellion and dynastic rivalry in a series of conflicts in central europe known collectively as the thirty years war. This book is a concise introduction to the thirty years war. This book guides the reader through the period by surveying the narrative of events and establishing the essential chronological. This is by far the best book ever written on the thirty years war and this judgement is unlikely to change very soon. Peter wilson is the grant professor of history at the university of hull, uk.
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