War and Society in Europe, 1618-1648

Name: War and Society in Europe, 1618-1648
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ISBN: 9780521089623

ISBN-10: 052108962X

ISBN-13: 9780521089623

Edition: 2008

Authors: J. V. Polisensky

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The Thirty Years War was the central political and military encounter of the seventeenth century. It drew in virtually all of Europe, with the exception of England, and by 1650 no European country had entirely escaped the experience of violent conflict. Since the end of the Second World War historians in western and eastern Europe have been engaged in the task of reassuring the significance of the seventeenth century in general and the Thirty Years War in particular. They have formulated questions and attempted to answer them by using fresh sources. One especially rich depository is the archival system of Czechoslovakia. The seventeenth-century generals and diplomats of the Imperial side…

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List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.902

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Preface


Map


Introduction



Problems in the history of the Thirty Years War



Attempts at a reinterpretation of the conflict



The bohemian War 1618-20



The Dutch period of the conflict 1621-5



The Danish intervention and the attempts at the formation of a grand coalition



The Swedish-Dutch period of the conflict 1630-5



The Swedish-French period 1635-43



War, revolution, peace negotiations 1643-50



The effects of the Thirty Years War



The aftermath of conflict



Changes in the composition of the Bohemian nobility


Conclusion


Notes: Appendix


Index