The Thirty Years War

An edited and annotated collection of translated documents on the Thirty Years War, providing students with accessible source material on this destructive conflict. Covering all aspects of the war from a variety of contemporary perspectives, it brings together an exciting range of material from treaties to literature to eyewitness accounts.

PETER WILSON is the Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. He is author of War, State and Society in Württemberg, The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806, From Reich to Revolution 1558-1806 and Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War.

List of Maps and Figures Chronology Introduction Political and Religious Tension in the Empire after 1555 Confessional Polarisation? Protestant Union and Catholic League Crisis in the Habsburg Monarchy The Bohemian Revolt and its Aftermath Spain and the Netherlands The War in Western and Northern Germany 1621-9 The Catholic Ascendancy The Edict of Restitution Swedish Intervention The Destruction of Magdeburg, 1631 Sweden's Search for Security and Reward, 1631-5 Wallenstein's Second Generalship 1632-4 The Peace of Prague, 1635 War and Politics, 1635-40 Military Organisation and the War Economy Experience Peace Making 1641-8 The Peace of Westphalia Peace Implementation, Celebration and Commemoration Guide to Further Reading Index.