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Samuel Rawson Gardiner’s work is a scholarly survey of the Thirty Years’ War, presented as part of the “Epochs of History” series. The opening pages explain that the text has been carefully reproduced with modernized spellings, and that the author, a former Christ Church student, has drawn on a wide range of German historians, Ranke, Gindely, Ritter, and others, while also consulting original state papers and correspondence. Gardiner frames the conflict as a struggle over religious toleration, tracing the political institutions of the German states, the rise of Protestantism, and the reactions of Catholic princes before moving into the Bohemian revolt and the ensuing campaigns. The book’s structure is clearly outlined, with chapters and sections that map the war’s causes, key battles, and diplomatic maneuvers, giving the reader a sense of the comprehensive, document‑based approach he employs.
The narrative is written in a formal, nineteenth‑century academic voice, marked by detailed footnotes, occasional asides, and a measured, almost didactic tone. Gardiner’s style reflects the era’s confidence in systematic, source‑driven history, yet he acknowledges the difficulty of presenting such a complex continental conflict to younger readers. Those who enjoy rigorous, source‑rich accounts of early‑modern Europe, students of diplomatic or religious history, and readers who appreciate a measured, scholarly exposition rather than a popularized retelling, will find this volume a valuable, if demanding, guide to the war’s intricate politics and religious dimensions.
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EDWARD E. MORRIS, M.A.
THE ERA OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR, 1618-1648.
S. R. GARDINER.
EPOCHS SELECTED.
=THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION.= By F. SEEBOHM, Author of 'The Oxford Reformers.'--_Now ready._
=THE CRUSADES.= By the Rev. G. W. COX, M.A.; Author of the 'History of Greece.'--_Now ready._
=THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR, 1618-1648.= By SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER.--_Nearly ready._
=THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES=; CHARLES the GREAT and ALFRED; the HISTORY of ENGLAND in its connexion with that of EUROPE in the NINTH CENTURY. By the Very Rev. R. W. CHURCH, M.A. Dean of St. Paul's.
=THE NORMAN KINGS AND THE FEUDAL SYSTEM.= By the Rev. A. H. JOHNSON, M.A.
=THE EARLY PLANTAGENETS= and their relation to the HISTORY of EUROPE; the foundation and growth of CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. By the Rev. WILLIAM STUBBS, M.A. &c. Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.
=EDWARD III.= By the Rev. W. WARBURTON, M.A.
=THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK=; with the CONQUEST and LOSS of FRANCE. By JAMES GAIRDNER of the Public Record Office.
=THE AGE OF ELIZABETH.= By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON, M.A.
=THE STUARTS AND THE PURITAN REVOLUTION.= By J. LANGTON SANFORD, Author of 'Studies and Illustrations of the Great Rebellion.'
=THE FALL OF THE STUARTS=; and WESTERN EUROPE from 1678 to 1697. By the Rev. EDWARD HALE, M.A. Assistant-Master at Eton.
=THE AGE OF ANNE=. By EDWARD E. MORRIS, M.A. Editor of the Series.
=FREDERICK THE GREAT= and the =SEVEN YEARS' WAR=. By F. W. LONGMAN, of Balliol College, Oxford.
=THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.= By JOHN MALCOLM LUDLOW.
EACH 1 VOL. 16MO., CLOTH, UNIFORM. PRICE, $1.00.
New York: SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO.
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