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The Thirty Years' War was the most destructive conflict in pre-20th-century European history and forced a number of rulers into exile.
The Palatine Family and the Thirty Years' War provides a long-overdue examination of the family's experiences of exile in the second half of the Thirty Years' War and their efforts to recover lost lands and titles.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: From Princes to Paupers: The Palatine Family, The Holy Roman Empire, and the Thirty Years' War (1618-1632)
- 2: The Palatine Family: Objectives and Policy Makers, c.1632-1648
- 3: Cannon, Cash, and Kin: The resources of an exiled dynasty
- 4: 'Best-laid Plans': The Palatine Family c.1632-1642
- 5: The Elector Palatine and the British Civil Wars, c.1642-1649
- 6: The Palatinate and the Westphalian Peace Negotiations
- 7: Happily Ever After? The Palatine Family and the Legacy of the Thirty Years' War c.1648-1660
- Conclusion: Experiences of Exile in Early Modern Europe
- Appendix I: The Palatine Wittelsbachs
- Appendix II: Dynastic Connections of the Palatine Family
- Bibliography
About the author
Thomas Pert is a historian of early modern Britain and Europe and specialises in the political, military and social history of the seventeenth century. He holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford after previously completing his Undergraduate and Masters degrees at the University of Birmingham. After teaching at Bishop Grosseteste University and the University of Buckingham, Pert is now a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. His current research focuses on the experiences of refugees during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
Summary
The Thirty Years' War was the most destructive conflict in pre-20th-century European history and forced a number of rulers into exile. The Palatine Family and the Thirty Years' War provides a long-overdue examination of the family's experiences of exile in the second half of the Thirty Years' War and their efforts to recover lost lands and titles.
Additional text
The author presents a concise and well-structured study, implicitly divided into three parts. The first thematic block sets the scene for the analysis that follows. Chapter one summarizes the background of the study and situates the electorate of the Palatinate in the constitutional system of the Holy Roman Empire, before zooming in on Frederick.
