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The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany

By: Friedrich Schiller

...The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn State Electr... ...sics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. is a publication of... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylva- nia State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Tran... ...ions, brought foreign armies into the heart of the country, and for half a century rendered it the scene of the most mournful disorders. It was the Re... ...d also a lasting political schism, which made that country for more than a century the theatre of confusion, but at the same time threw up a firm barr... ..., and with it the policy of Henry the Great. The marriage of the Prince of Wales with Henrietta of France, established a close union between the two c... ...les which had deterred him from a closer alliance with France, and, on the 13th January 1631, concluded a formal treaty with this crown. After a serio... ...rs, where the citi- zens had concealed their more valuable effects. On the 13th of May, Tilly himself appeared in the town, after the streets had been...

...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances th...

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