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Thirty Years' War
Tryntje Helfferich
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Description for Thirty Years' War
Hardcover. Reveals the origins, significance, and consequences of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), the first great, and catastrophic, pan-European conflict. This book also provides a brief history of the War and a discussion of its causes. It includes maps and a chronology. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
The Thirty Years War: A Documentary History fills a gap in recent studies of the great pan-European conflict, providing fresh translations of thirty-eight primary documents for the student and general reader. The selections are drawn from the standard political documents, from the Apology of the Bohemian Estates for the Defenestration of Prague to the text of the Treaty of Westphalia, as well as from imperial edicts, trial records, letters, diary entries, and satirical broadsheets, all directly translated from the Early New High German, French, Swedish, and Latin. The volume contains some ten illustrations and one map . . . and ... Read more
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Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872209404
SKU
V9780872209404
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Ref
99-1
About Tryntje Helfferich
Tryntje Helfferich is Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University at Lima.
Reviews for Thirty Years' War
[A] remarkable collection. . . provides a riveting eyewitness account. . . superb.
Times Literary Supplement There is, to my knowledge, no other book of this sort in English that competes in giving a detailed account of the Thirty Years War. Helfferich has done a remarkable job in assembling texts that convey the sweep of the war, the religious and ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement There is, to my knowledge, no other book of this sort in English that competes in giving a detailed account of the Thirty Years War. Helfferich has done a remarkable job in assembling texts that convey the sweep of the war, the religious and ... Read more