Directory of Thirty Years War Resources

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This category lists sites concerning the 17th century Thirty Years War on the territory of today's Germany to maintain the Habsburg dynasty.

Resources in This Category

• 30 Years War Publications and Other Information

  http://www.lukehistory.com/resources/30yrswar.html
  Contemporary account of the 1632 Battle of Breitenfeld from an English soldier serving in the victorious Swedish army and a contemporary political cartoon.

• 350th Anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia

  http://www.muenster.de/friede/gb/index_set_gb.htm
  Prepared in connection with the 1998 celebrations of the anniversary at Munster. Year-by-year time-line and short essays on the war and the peace. Frames. Versions in Dutch, Swedish, Spanish and French. Some materials German only.

• Avalon Project: The Peace of Westphalia

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/westphal.asp
  Full text of the 1648 Treaty of Münster, which, together with the simultaneous Treaty of Osnabrück, brought the war to an end.

• Battles from Swedish History

  http://home.swipnet.se/~w-42039/Slahist.htm
  Provides detailed summaries of the Swedish campaigns in Germany from 1630 through 1641 and accounts of the major battles including Breitenfeld and Lützen. Also contains materials on other 16th and 17th Century Swedish wars.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: The Thirty Years War

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14648b.htm
  Lengthy article describing the war, first published in 1912.

• History Learning Site: The Thirty Years War

  http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/thirty_years_war.htm
  A survey geared toward students taking the UK "A-Level" examinations containing a background and summary of the war.

• Sam Houston State University: Readings for the Thirty Years War

  http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Thirty.html
  Translated excerpts from contemporary documents, including the Papal Bull condemning the Peace of Westphalia.

• The Thirty Years War

  http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/TYWHome.htm
  Long- and short-version narrative history of the Thirty Years War, links and a bibliography of English-language sources.

• Thirty Years War Museum

  http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/geschichte/mdk/indexe.htm
  Museum located in the Bishop's Tower at Wittstock, Germany. Includes a description of the museum's organization and holdings. Frames.

• University of Texas: Map of the Principal Seats of War in Europe 1618-60

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/europe_war_1618-1660.jpg
  Map showing the sites of many of the battles, and the courses of many of the campaigns, of the war during the 1620's and 1630's. Large file: 581K

• University of Texas: Map of the Religious Situation in Central Europe in 1618

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/central_europe_relig_1923.jpg
  Shows the principal political units of the Holy Roman Empire and the religious affiliations of their inhabitants. Large file: 581K.

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