The massive history of Europe During the Thirty Years War, one of the most significant periods of European and world history. This vast comprehensive history is perfect as both an introduction and a full-blown exegesis of the long-waged war, the brutal conflict that pitted Protestants vs. Catholics for control of Europe.

Contents include:

THE OUTBREAK OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR.
THE VALTELLINE. (1603-39.)
THE PROTESTANT COLLAPSE. (1620-30.) I. THE BOHEMIAN AND THE PALATINATE WAR. (1620-3.)
RICHELIEU.
THE VASA IN SWEDEN AND POLAND. (1560-1630.)
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. (1630-2.)
WALLENSTEIN AND BERNARD OF WEIMAR. WALLENSTEIN'S END. (1632-4.)
THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE IN ENGLAND. (1625-40.)
THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT. (1640-2.)
THE FIRST CIVIL WAR, 1642-7.
PRESBYTERIANS AND INDEPENDENTS. (1645-9.)
THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY.