17. The Thirty Years War

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11 janvier 2013

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folktales tales Germany tradition fiction moral tales didactic tales religious tales historical tales First World War Franco-Prussian War Thirty Years War German history Literature LIT009000 DSY

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Hostilities Conflict, Armed (War) Wars Armed conflict (War) Fighting Folk tales Folktales

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David Blamires, « 17. The Thirty Years War », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.jy4dfj

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Without any question the period of the Thirty Years War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most horrifying in the history of Germany. Not only were huge numbers of soldiers killed in battle in virtually every part of the Holy Roman Empire, but even greater numbers of the civilian population died in the conflict or through starvation or disease. Houses, churches, villages and towns were burnt and destroyed, and by the end of the war the population had been reduced from about sixteen millions t...

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