The Thirty Years' War, by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

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"The Thirty Years' War" from Samuel Rawson Gardiner. English historian (1829-1902).

The Thirty Years' War, by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4981715 in Books
• Published on: 2015-05-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .37" w x 6.00" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 164 pages

The Thirty Years' War, by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful. A very good summary, for its time. By King John IV The author wrote this more than 100 years ago. It is available is several Kindle versions, including a version that is free, but this version is certainly worth the very small price.Gardiner (as does Schiller, in his history of this period), glosses over the collection of battles we call the Thirty Years war. Those battles, themselves, are interesting, but what was going on behind the scenes in Vienna and other capitals was far more interesting. Gardiner brings out this detail, including France's role in the later years of the conflict.Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War is a more complete history of this period, but reading Gardiner and Schiller is nonetheless a good place to start with an overview before reading Peter H. Wilson's more detailed work.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A decent history. By Amazon Customer The Thirty Years War is one of those chronic historical bloodbaths that you've probably seen mentioned here and there, without much understanding of what the conflict was about. This book does a good job explaining the genesis of the war. The essential problem was the system of Electors in Germany-Austria and the weakness of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. That, and the official power of the electors coupled with their actual powerlessness meant that holders of important offices and landholdings (such as bishoprics) were able to contest with each other over resources. And, for the Emperor to wield any sort of power, he had to ally himself with someone who had a powerful army. To make matters worse, military types had apparently forgotten everything the Romans had learned about logistics. So, to the average person, an army quartered in your vicinity to defend your region was almost as much of a burden as an invading army set on destruction. Add in that armies were made up of mercenaries from outside the region, that there were no hospitals or even first aid stations, and that they had to forage (steal) everything they needed and you had the ingredients for a really disastrous situation. The plotting of the English, the French, and the Spanish made the situation worse. I must say, Gardiner is the first person I've read who had anything good to say about Wallenstein, the low level noblemen who rose up to wage warfare on behalf of the Emperor. And its interesting to read the accounts of the real Catholic-Protestant issues, which had to do as much with material resources and offices as with doctrinal differences. All in all, this book makes sense of a brutal conflict that left millions dead and a sizable portion of Europe devastated.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Political History, Some Bias, Well-written By P. Weiser As others have pointed out, this history is just short of a century old (1912). It is well-written in the style (and with the British biases) of its time; in particular, the author sees a sort of Darwinian evolution toward Parliamentary government, nationalism, and religious tolerance which the actors suffered for thwarting (various Holy Roman Emperors) and succeeded by advancing (Richelieu). It is an easy read, and all the illustrations are pleasant except the (unfortunately vital) map which is useless on my Kindle Keyboard. One star off for that.Why read it? First, it's a good read, summarizing a complex and confusing - but important - period in European history. The people are tragic, heroic, or at least dynamic. Money flows are not ignored. But second, this was written *just before the First World War* - and displays, in all its grandeur and tragedy, the self-satisfied best-of-all-worlds complacency of that time. All problems solved, the Germans nicely and, at long last, peacefully united. And, did the author but know, about to fall on Europe and the world like a rain of iron as the 1648/1815 system hit a critical level of contradictions. This should serve as a warning - not about Germany but about supposedly stable, benign, long-lasting solutions.

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