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GERMANY BEFORE AND AFTER THE THIRTY YEARS WAR -...

Emperor Maximilian I is the last knight. With his death the Middle Ages end and modern times
begin. Martin Luther publishes his famous theses and the Reformation changes the Christian
world. The emergence of two denominations eventually leads to the cruelest war that Germany has
experienced until then. It is the Thirty Years' War that devastates entire tracts of land  in
which settlements disappear from the map and the population is suffering from terror and
hunger. With the end of the horror war Germany is a different country  a country of many
independent small states. Thus also the Netherlands and Switzerland separate from Germany and
become independent. Austria and Prussia are benefiting from small-scale state-building and are
expanding. Prussia becomes next to Austria a German great power. Germany is repeatedly
threatened by the Turks. In the year 1683 Germany should finally fall and become a Turkish
Muslim country. The Turks are beaten before Vienna. Thereafter  the reconquest of the Balkans
by Austrian troops begins. Austria becomes superpower. During this time  there are also
domestic and military conflicts between Prussia and Austria. In these conflicts  Prussia
finally comes out victorious. Poland is divided beween Russia  Prussia and Austria and
disappears entirely from the map. French revolutionary troops are threatening Germany  occupy
large areas and devastate the country. This book also covers the Renaissance  the Baroque
period  the Rococo style and the Enlightenment  as well as Classicism and Mercantilism. You can
also read something about famous personalities of that time  such as Goethe  Schiller and
Mozart.

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