★★★ ABSTRACT: The example of the Thirty Years War (1618–48) demonstrates that small war was already integral to the conduct of premodern hostilities. Commanders employed these methods with a purpose and generally tried to limit the accompanying violence to preserve discipline and effectiveness, as well as their claims to be waging a just war. We... Continua a leggere →
★★★ ABSTRACT: At the height of the Thirty Years War, news from South America, West Africa and the Caribbean was widespread and quickly distributed in the central European peripheries of the early modern Atlantic world. Despite the German retreat from sixteenth-century colonial experiments, overseas reports sometimes appeared in remote southern German towns before they were... Continua a leggere →
★★ È un periodo della storia molto importante ma spesso trascurato, in cui vari imperi europei stavano iniziando a emergere e combattevano molte guerre l'uno contro l'altro. Mentre l'era moderna è spesso vista in una luce molto positiva a causa dello sviluppo tecnologico durante questo periodo e del progresso che è stato raggiunto, questo periodo... Continua a leggere →
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