A history of the religious wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Protestant states of the time, re-drawing political lines in the process.

Originally published : London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1919. Reprint of the 1919 ed.

Causes of the thirty years' war : Political institutions of Germany (1140-1517) -- Protestantism in Germany (1517-1570) -- Reaction against Protestantism (1570-1596) -- Three parties and leaders (1596-1612) -- The Bohemian Revolution : The House of Austria and its subjects (1600-1618) -- The revolution at Prague (March - May 1618) -- The war in Bohemia (May 1618-February 1619) -- Ferdinand on his defence (March-November 1619) -- Imperialist victories in Bohemia and the Palatinate : The attack upon Frederick (November 1619-January 1621) -- The war in the Upper Palatinate (January - October 1621) -- Frederic's allies (October 1621-May 1622) -- The fight for the Lower Palatinate (April-July 1622) -- Mansfeld and Christian in North Germany : Mansfeld's march into the Netherlands (July-November 1622) -- Christian of Brunswick in Lower Saxony (November 1622- August 1623) -- Danger of the Lower Saxon Circle (August-December 1623) -- England and France (October 1623-August 1624) -- Rise of Richeliu (August 1621-September 1625) -- Intervention of the King of Denmark : Christian IV, and Gustavus Adolphus (1624) -- English diplomacy (August 1624-July 1625 -- Wallenstein--s armament (July 1625- February 1626) --Defeat of Mansfeld and Christian IV (February-August 1626) -- Stralsund and Rochelle : Fresh successes of Wallenstein (August 1626-Ictiber1627) -- Resistance to Wallenstein in the Empire (October 1627-February 1628) -- The siege of Stralsund (August-February 1628) -- The Edict of Restitution : Oppression of the Protestants (March 1628-May 1629) -- French intervention in Italy (1628-1630) -- Wallenstein deprived of his command (March 1629-September 1630) -- The Swedes establish themselves on the coast of the Baltic (July 1630-January 1631) -- The fall of Magdeburg (January --May 1631) --The victories of Gustavus Adolphus : Alliance between the Swedes and the Saxons (June-September 1631) -- Battle of Britenfeld (September 1631) -- March of Gustavus into South Germany (October 1631-August 1632) -- Wallenstein--s restoration to command (September 1631-June 1632) -- Struggle between Gustavus and Wallenstein (June-October 1632) -- The Battle of Lutzen (October --November 1632) -- The death of Wallenstein and the Treaty of Prague : French influence in Germany (November 1632-April 1633) -- Wallenstein--s attempt to dictate peace (April-December 1633) -- Resistance to Wallenstein--s plans (January- February 1634) -- Assassinations of Wallenstein (February 1634) Imperialist victories and the Treaty of Prague (February 1634-May 1635) -- The preponderance of France (May 1635) -- Spanish successes (May 1635-December 1637) -- The struggle for Alsace (January 1638-July 1639) -- French successes (July 1639-December 1642) -- Aims and character of Richelieu (December 1642-May 1643) -- More French victories (May 1643-August 1645) -- The end of the war : Turenne--s strategy (June 1645-October 1648) -- The Treaty of Westphalia (October 1648) -- Condition of Germany -- Continuance of the war between France and Spain.