The History of the Thirty Years' War
- Pages
- about 507
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Reading time
- 9.3 h at 250 wpm
From the opening
The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of
Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or
dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of
eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in
several instances these versions have been incorporated, after some
revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on
the other hand a large proportion of the contents have been specially
translated for this edition, in which category are the historical works
which occupy this volume and a portion of the next.
Schiller was not less efficiently qualified by nature for an historian
than for a dramatist. He was formed to excel in all departments of
literature, and the admirable lucidity of style and soundness and
impartiality of judgment displayed in his historical writings will
not easily by surpassed, and will always recommend them as popular
expositions of the periods of which they treat.
Since the first publication of this edition many corrections and
improvements have been made, with a view to rendering it as acceptable
as possible to English readers.
State of the Empire. -- Of Europe. -- Mansfeld. -- Christian, Duke of
Brunswick. -- Wallenstein raises an Imperial Army at his own expense.
-- The King of Denmark defeated. -- Death of Mansfeld. -- Edict
of Restitution in 1628. -- Diet at Ratisbon. -- Negociations. --
Wallenstein deprived of the Command. -- Gustavus Adolphus. -- Swedish
Army. -- Gustavus Adolphus takes his leave of the States at Stockholm.
-- Invasion by the Swedes. -- Their progress in Germany. -- Count Tilly
takes the Command of the Imperial Troops. -- Treaty with France. --
Congress at Leipzig. -- Siege and cruel fate of Magdeburg. -- Firmness
of the Landgrave of Cassel. -- Junction of the Saxons with the Swedes.
-- Battle of Leipzig. -- Consequences of that Victory.
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