History of The Thirty Years' War (Annotated)

By A.J. Morrison and Friedrich Schiller

The History of the Thirty Years War by Friedrich Schiller is a historical work that brings Schillers unique skills with language, as well as critical analysis into life. This book is a timeless classic and represents some of Schiller's best writing. Schiller offers a riveting account of the war providing clear insight into the geopolitical, economic, dynastic and religious factors that fostered the war and generated this tragic war.

This timeless book chronicles the military, political, social and economic factors that drove the devastating war and links into the existing political conditions in Germany, and how the conflict and personalities in the war reshaped those conditions. Although he is more well known for his poetry and dramas like Wallenstein, Schiller displays the multi-dimensional nature of his talent as a writer in this history. This book is an outstanding example of Schiller's abilities as an author and crafter of language.

The thirty years war was the first modern war and shaped European politics from 1648 to 1815 when the congress system was introduced. The war tore Germany, Europe and the Catholic church into two separate camps and introduced devastation, famine a socio-economic collapse in a way hitherto unknown.

Schiller revered work captures the timeless experience of geopolitics and weaves it into his extensive understanding of Human nature. This is a work that is in the public domain of the United States of America and other nations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FD43FVNK
• ISBN13: 9798287882037
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"