The Thirty Years War: The Holy Roman Empire and Europe 1618-48

ISBN-13: 9780333626955 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 259 str.

Ronald G Asch

Opis

Historians have tried time and again to identify the central issues of the conflict which devastated Europe between 1618 and 1648. The Thirty Years War by Ronald G. Asch puts the religious and constitutional struggle in the Holy Roman Empire squarely back into the centre of events. However, other issues are not neglected. Thus the problems of war finance are shown to be an important key to the interaction between inter-state and domestic conflicts during the war. Equally confessional tensions are analysed as a decisive factor linking international and domestic disputes, and the reader is provided with a succinct narrative account concentrating on the major turning points of the war.

Spis treści

Preface.- Maps.- Introduction.- The Origins of the Conflict.- 1618: Bohemia and the Empire.- 1629: Counter-Reformation and Habsburg Supremacy.- 1635: An Abortive Peace.- 1648: A New Order for Europe?.- State Finance and the Structure of Warfare.- Epilogue: Germany after 1648.- List of Abbreviations.- Notes and References.- Select Bibliography.- Index.