The Thirty Years War — Volume 05
1790
The Thirty Years War — Volume 05
1790
The Thirty Years War — Volume 05, written by Friedrich Schiller and first published in 1790, provides a detailed historical account of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). This volume focuses on the aftermath of Wallenstein's death, the appointment of a new generalissimo for the imperial forces, and the significant military strategies and political maneuvers that defined the conflict. Key figures such as Prince Ferdinand and Duke Bernard of Weimar are examined, alongside the shifting alliances and the consequences of battles, including the disastrous defeat faced by the Swedish army at Nordlingen.
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“Religious fanaticism anticipates even the remotest dangers. Enthusiasm never calculates its sacrifices.””
— Friedrich Schiller
“Mazarin shed tears over this great loss, which Conde, who had no feeling for anything but glory, disregarded. "A single night in Paris," said he, "gives birth to more men than this action has destroyed.””
— Friedrich Schiller
“Yet out of this fearful war Europe came forth free and independent. In it she first learned to recognize herself as a community of nations; and this intercommunion of states, which originated in the thirty years’ war, may alone be sufficient to reconcile the philosopher to its horrors.””
— Friedrich Schiller
