Political and religious tension in the Empire after 1555
Confessional polarisation? Protestant Union and Catholic League
Crisis in the Habsburg monarchy
The Bohemian Revolt and its aftermath
Spain and the Netherlands
The war in western and northern Germany 1621-9
The Catholic ascendancy
The Edict of Restitution, 1629
Swedish intervention
The destruction of Magdeburg, 1631
Sweden's search for security and reward, 1631-5
Wallenstein's second generalship, 1632-4
The Peace of Prague, 1635
War and politics, 1635-40
Military organisation and the war economy
Experience
Peace making, 1641-8
The Peace of Westphalia
Peace implementation, celebration and commemoration.
The Thirty Years War : a sourcebook. ISBN 9780230242067. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.