The devastating Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) was one of the deadliest in European history. Almost one in five of the population of the Holy Roman Empire lost their lives.
Claire Gantet, professor of modern history at the University of Fribourg, offers us a renewed vision of this protean conflict. The prospect familiar to the French of a clash between Habsburgs and Bourbons is only one facet among others of this war with a… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 73% left to discover.