Europe in Flames (eBook)

The Crisis of the Thirty Years War

John Matusiak (Autor)

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2018 | 2. Auflage
320 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
9780750989695 (ISBN)

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The Thirty Years War claimed more lives proportionately than either the First or Second World Wars - not only from battle and the endemic violence of marauding armies, but also from famine and plague. The bitter struggle encompassed the entire political and religious future of Europe and involved all the major players of the Continent. As the turmoil unfolded, vast mercenary armies exacted an incalculable toll upon helpless civilian populations, while their commanders and the men who equipped them frequently grew rich on the profits, leaving rulers perched on the brink of catastrophe. When peace came in 1648, the underlying tensions were far from wholly resolved. In Europe in Flames John Matusiak provides a compelling account of this most tumultuous time, exploring the causes, course and outcomes of a conflict that not only produced one of the greatest manmade calamities of its kind, but changed the direction of European history forever.

JOHN MATUSIAK studied at the universities of London and Sussex before embarking upon a teaching career that eventually spanned more than thirty years. For over a third of that time, he was Head of the History Department at Colchester Royal Grammar School, founded in 1539 by Henry VIII. He is the acclaimed author of A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects (2019), Martyrs of Henry VIII (2019), Europe in Flames (2018), Wolsey (2014) and Henry VIII (2013).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 30 Years War • Bourbon dynasty • Cardinal Richelieu • Catholic Church • Catholicism • Dutch Republic • European History • franco-spanish war|the catholic league • Holy Roman Empire • House of Bourbon • house of hapsburg • Peace of Westphalia • Protestant Church • Protestantism • Richelieu • Spanish Empire • Swedish empire • the catholic league, • the Crisis of the Thirty Years War • thirty years war • thirty years war, 30 years war, richelieu, cardinal richelieu, peace of westphalia, catholicism, catholic church, protestant church, Protestantism, house of hapsburg, dutch republic, spanish empire, holy roman empire, bourbon dynasty, house of bourbon, swedish empire, franco-spanish war
• ISBN-13: 9780750989695 / 9780750989695