Origins of the Thirty Years War and the Revolt in Bohemia, 1618

As the 400th anniversary of the outbreak of the Thirty Years War approaches, Geoff Mortimer provides a timely re-assessment of its origins. These lie mainly neither in religious tensions in Germany nor in the conflicts between Spain, France and the Dutch, but in the revolt in Bohemia and the famous defenestration of Prague.

Pe masura ce se apropie 400 de ani de la izbucnirea razboiului de 30 de ani, Geoff Mortimer ofera o reevaluare in timp util a originilor sale. Acestea nu se afla in principal nici in tensiunile religioase din Germania, nici in conflictele dintre Spania, Franta si olandezi, ci in revolta din Boemia si celebra aparare a Pragului.