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The Iron Princess: Amalia Elisabeth and the Thirty Years War

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Description for The Iron Princess: Amalia Elisabeth and the Thirty Years War Hardback. In the bloodiest conflict Europe had ever experienced, Amalia Elisabeth fought to save her tiny German state, her Calvinist church, and her children's inheritance. Tryntje Helfferich reveals how this embattled ruler used diplomacy to play the European powers against one another, while raising one of the continent's most effective fighting forces. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.

Thrust into power in the midst of the bloodiest conflict Europe had ever experienced, Amalia Elisabeth fought to save her country, her Calvinist church, and her children’s inheritance. Tryntje Helfferich’s vivid portrait reveals how this unique and embattled ruler used her diplomatic gifts to play the great powers of Europe against one another during the Thirty Years War, while raising one of the most powerful and effective fighting forces on the continent.

Stranded in exile after the death of her husband, Amalia Elisabeth stymied the maneuvers of male relatives and advisors who hoped to seize control of the affairs ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674073395
SKU
V9780674073395
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About Tryntje Helfferich
Tryntje Helfferich is Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio State University at Lima.

Reviews for The Iron Princess: Amalia Elisabeth and the Thirty Years War
Impressive...Helfferich tracks Amalia Elisabeth's bold, often duplicitous, but ultimately successful diplomatic manoeuvrings in meticulous, indeed exhaustive, detail...In an age when so much of what passes for 'history' in the bookshops is merely the competent journalistic synthesis of earlier (and often better) books, it is refreshing to come across a work that is grounded in original, multilingual archival scholarship and has ... Read more

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