The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648

by Richard Bonney

Overview

More than three and a half centuries have passed since the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War (1618-48); but this most devastating of wars in the early modern period continues to capture the imagination of readers: this book reveals why. It was one of the first wars where contemporaries stressed the importance of atrocities, the horrors of the fighting and also the sufferings of the civilian population. The Thirty Years' War remains a conflict of key importance in the history of the development of warfare and the 'military revolution'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472810021
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/06/2014
Series:	Guide to... , #29
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

The Revd Professor Richard Bonney is Professor of Modern History and Head of the Department of History at the University of Leicester. His books include 'The European Dynastic States, 1494-1660' (Oxford, OUP, 1991); (ed. and contributor), 'Economic Systems and State Finance' (OUP/ESF, 1995); 'The Limits of Absolutism in ancien régime France' (Variorum, 1995); (editor and contributor), 'The Rise of the Fiscal State in Europe, c.1200-1815' (Oxford University Press, 1999); joint editor and contributor with W.M. Ormrod and M.M. Bonney, 'Crises, Revolutions and Self-Sustained Growth: Essays in European fiscal history, 1130-1830' (Shaun Tyas, Stamford, UK, 1999)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	Chronology	9
	Background to war: The making of alliances	11
	Warring sides: Protestant divisions and unifying issues in the Catholic alliance	18
	Outbreak: The Bohemian rebellion, 1618-1620	35
	The fighting: War in Germany, 1621-1648	39
	Portrait of a soldier: The Mercenaries	68
	The world around war: Impact of war	72
	Portrait of a civilian: Witness accounts	77
	How the war ended: Negotiating for the future	82
	Conclusion and consequences: A permanent settlement?	88
	Further reading	92
	Index	94