{"product_id":"europe-in-crisis-1598-1648-paperback","title":"Europe in Crisis: 1598-1648 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the new edition of this classic book, Geoffrey Parker draws on material from all over Europe to provide an authoritative and exciting account of the eventful first half of the seventeenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the new edition of this classic book, Geoffrey Parker draws on material from all over Europe to provide an authoritative and exciting account of the eventful first half of the seventeenth century. The continent enjoyed scarcely a year of peace during this period. Instead revolution, civil war and complex international conflicts brought many states to the edge of collapse in the 1640s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Parker examines three crucial conflicts: the desperate struggle of the Habsburgs with France and the Dutch Republic; the rivalry of Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Poland for control of the Baltic, and the confrontation between the Austrian Habsburgs and their subjects which escalated into the Thirty Years' War. He also illuminates the leading social, economic and intellectual developments of the period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new edition has been revised throughout and includes an updated bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at Ohio State University. He previously taught at Yale University (1993-96) and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was department chair from 1989 to 1991. He also taught at the Universities of Cambridge and St Andrews in Britain and at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Military Revolution. Military innovation and the rise of the West, 1500-1800\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), the winner of two book prizes, \u003ci\u003ePhilip II\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), now in its third edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Strategy of Philip II\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e (revised edition, 1984), and \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty Years' War\u003c\/i\u003e (revised edition, 1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.98 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737196793919,"sku":"9780631220282","price":164.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ef31eef8c4b9cf5b60d9bc8e366c4ee4.webp?v=1765149150","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/europe-in-crisis-1598-1648-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}