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The Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648

by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3Chapter I — Causes of the Thirty Years’ War
  4. 4Section II — Protestantism in Germany
  5. 5Section III — Reaction Against Protestantism
  6. 6Section IV — Three Parties and Three Leaders
  7. 7Chapter II — The Bohemian Revolution
  8. 8Section II — The Revolution at Prague
  9. 9Section III — The War in Bohemia
  10. 10Section IV — Ferdinand on His Defence
  11. 11Chapter III — Imperialist Victories in Bohemia and the Palatinate
  12. 12Section II — The War in the Upper Palatinate
  13. 13Section III — Frederick’s Allies
  14. 14Section IV — The Fight for the Lower Palatinate
  15. 15Chapter IV — Mansfeld and Christian in North Germany
  16. 16Section II — Christian of Brunswick in Lower Saxony
  17. 17Section III — Danger of the Lower Saxon Circle
  18. 18Section IV — England and France
  19. 19Section V — Rise of Richelieu
  20. 20Chapter V — Intervention of the King of Denmark
  21. 21Section II — English Diplomacy
  22. 22Section III — Wallenstein’s Armament
  23. 23Section IV — Defeat of Mansfeld and Christian IV
  24. 24Chapter VI — Stralsund and Rochelle
  25. 25Section II — Resistance to Wallenstein in the Empire
  26. 26Section III — The Siege of Stralsund
  27. 27Section IV — The Siege of Rochelle
  28. 28Chapter VII — The Edict of Restitution
  29. 29Section II — French Intervention in Italy
  30. 30Section III — Wallenstein Deprived of His Command
  31. 31Section IV — The Swedes Establish Themselves on the Coast of the Ba…
  32. 32Section V — The Fall of Magdeburg
  33. 33Chapter VIII — The Victories of Gustavus Adolphus
  34. 34Section II — The Battle of Breitenfeld
  35. 35Section III — March of Gustavus Into South Germany
  36. 36Section IV — Wallenstein’s Restoration to Command
  37. 37Section V — The Struggle Between Gustavus and Wallenstein
  38. 38Section VI — The Battle of Lützen
  39. 39Chapter IX — The Death of Wallenstein and the Treaty of Prague
  40. 40Section II — Wallenstein’s Attempt to Dictate Peace
  41. 41Section III — Resistance to Wallenstein’s Plans
  42. 42Section IV — Assassination of Wallenstein
  43. 43Section V — Imperialist Victories and the Treaty of Prague
  44. 44Chapter X — The Preponderance of France
  45. 45Section II — Spanish Successes
  46. 46Section III — The Struggle for Alsace
  47. 47Section IV — French Successes
  48. 48Section V — Aims and Character of Richelieu
  49. 49Section VI — More French Victories
  50. 50Chapter XI — The End of the War
  51. 51Section II — The Treaty of Westphalia
  52. 52Section III — Condition of Germany
  53. 53Section IV — Continuance of the War Between France and Spain

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