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      The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy [Hardcover]

      Peter H. Wilson (Author)
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      Table of Contents

      • List of Illustrations
      • List of Maps and Battle Plans
      • List of Tables
      • Note on Form
      • The Habsburg Family Tree 1500–1665
      • Note on Currencies
      • Preface

        Part one: Beginnings

      1. Introduction
        2. Three Men and a Window
        Interpretations
        The Argument
      2. Trouble in the Heart of Christendom
        3. The Empire
        Confessionalization
        Religion and Imperial Law
      3. Casa d'Austria
        4. Lands and Dynasty
        Estates and Confession
        The Catholic Revival
      4. The Turkish War and its Consequences
        5. The Turkish Menace
        The Ways of War
        The Long Turkish War
        The Brothers' Quarrel
      5. Pax Hispanica
        6. The Spanish Monarchy
        The Dutch Revolt 1568–1609
        The Spanish Road
        Spanish Peace-making 161
      6. Dominium Maris Baltici
        7. Denmark
        The Divided House of Vasa
        Poland-Lithuania
      7. From Rudolf to Matthias 1582–1612
        8. 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?
        9. Emperor Matthias
        The Uskok War and the Habsburg Succession 1615–17 255
        Palatine Brinkmanship

        Part Two: Conflict

      9. The Bohemian Revolt 1618–20
        10. For Liberty and Privilege
        A King for a Crown
        Ferdinand Gathers his Forces
        White Mountain
        Accounting for Failure
      10. Ferdinand Triumphant 1621–4
        11. The Palatine Cause
        Protestant Paladins
        The Catholic Ascendancy 1621–9
      11. Olivares and Richelieu
        12. Olivares
        Richelieu
        The Valtellina
      12. Denmark's War against the Emperor 1625–9
        13. Trouble in Lower Saxony
        Wallenstein
        Denmark's Defeat 1626–9
      13. The Threat of European War 1628–30
        14. 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
        15. Swedish Intervention
        Between the Lion and the Eagle
        The Swedish Empire
        Calls for Assistance
        Zenith
      15. Without Gustavus 1633–4
        16. The Heilbronn League
        Tension along the Rhine
        Spain Intervenes
        Wallenstein: the Final Act
        The Two Ferdinands
      16. For the Liberty of Germany 1635–6
        17. 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
        18. Stalemate
        Resolution on the Rhine
        Peace for North Germany?
      18. In the Balance 1641–3
        19. 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
        20. The Westphalian Congress
        France in Germany 1644
        The Baltic Becomes Swedish 1643–5
        1645: Annus horribilis et mirabilis
      20. War or Peace 1646–8
        21. A Crisis of Confidence 1646
        Towards Consensus
        Spain's Peace with the Dutch
        The Final Round 1648

        Part Three: Aftermath

      21. The Westphalian Settlement
        22. The International Dimension
        A Christian Peace
        Demobilization
        The Imperial Recovery
      22. The Human and Material Cost
        23. An All-destructive Fury?
        The Demographic Impact
        The Economic Impact
        The Crisis of the Territorial State
        Cultural Impact
      23. Experiencing War
        24. The Nature of Experience
        Military–Civil Relations
        Perceptions
        Commemoration
      • Abbreviations
      • Notes
      • Index

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