{"product_id":"the-thirty-years-war","title":"The Thirty Years War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Thirty Years War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePeter H Wilson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780674062313\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBelknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor's envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals--the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, opportunistic Wallenstein and pious Tilly; and crafty diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy war's end a recognizably modern Europe had been created, but at what price? The Thirty Years War condemned the Germans to two centuries of internal division and international impotence and became a benchmark of brutality for centuries. As late as the 1960s, Germans placed it ahead of both world wars and the Black Death as their country's greatest disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn understanding of the Thirty Years War is essential to comprehending modern European history. Wilson's masterful book will stand as the definitive account of this epic conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFor a map of Central Europe in 1618, referenced on page XVI, please visit this book's page on the Harvard University Press website.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"The Thirty Years War | Peter H Wilson | Paperback | 9780674062313 | New | European History 1678177","offer_id":50795906498818,"sku":"1678177","price":50.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61Ejfr37WeL.jpg?v=1792375740","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-thirty-years-war","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}