Europe's Tragedy A New History of the Thirty Years War

Name: Europe's Tragedy A New History of the Thirty Years War
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ISBN: 9780141006147

ISBN-10: 0141006145

ISBN-13: 9780141006147

Edition: 2010

Authors: Peter H. Wilson

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The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. All the major European powers apart from Russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murder. The war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop. Whether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Publication date: 8/24/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1024
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.76" long x 1.73" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

PETER H. WILSON is GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK.