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• The history of the Thirty Years War is rich in specialist studies, but poor in general accounts. Few authors provide more than short overviews intended for
• Two men were sent to finish them off, but Lobkowitz’s wife, Polyxena, bolted the door and eventually persuaded them to go away. Martinitz fled across the frontier to Bavaria the next day,
• This event has entered history as the Defenestration of Prague that triggered the