The Thirty Years' War

By Herbert Langer

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880292628
• ISBN13: 9780880292627
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Dorset Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 3.22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Another perspective on the war

This is a unique work as it doesn't focus on the complex political struggles of the time, or on the generals and battles. The focus here is on a social level. The life of the soldier and his day to day existence in the camp, the songs, poetry and literature that developed around the war, and interaction-usually violent-between peasant and soldier. Much of this book is quite sad as it reveals the harshness and cruelty of life in this time made more miserable by endless war. The book is filled with contemporary prints as well as museum photos of a artifacts from the period. Military history buffs might also find the section on the Tyrolean peasant rebellion of interest. I have come across no other English language source that gives as much info on this sub-conflict.