Europe's tragedy, andEurope's tragedian Nov 17, 2009
There are few moments in theater more chilling than the concluding chorus sung in Wallenstein's Camp, the first of the Wallenstein trilogy by the Soldateska, the "new people" whom the imperial field-marshal of the Thirty Years' War has summoned together from every corner of Europe ... But his success ruined civil society and turned the Thirty Years' War into a horror that killed more than a third of the population of Central Europe ... Loosely following the events that Schiller had chronicled in... (Asia Times Online)
Financial reformnext for Obama Nov 4, 2009
Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs. Page 1 of 2 Financial reform next for Obama By Julian Delasantellis. (Asia Times Online)
Don't Expect Miracles In Afghan Runoff Oct 22, 2009
But that's a formula for a Thirty Years' War. A new Afghan government could indeed kick start a solution there, but only if it's focused on a diplomatic and political settlement, not an escalated war. (CBS News)
Vatican welcome to Anglicans boldest move since Reformation Oct 21, 2009
The framework is the Vatican's most sweeping gesture toward any schismatic church since the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century and the Thirty Years' War that followed it in the 17th century. That war ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which acknowledged the right of monarchs rather than the Vatican to determine their national faiths, prompting Pope Innocent X to declare the document "null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
* As US hegemony falls apart, peace is the challenge Aug 28, 2009
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Tribute to Robert Novak Aug 19, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
Cheating: It's All-American — And It's Great! Aug 8, 2009
"Uh. I believe it was about the Thirty Years' War," he said. I was laughing at his stupid guess until he looked it up. (Time.com)
Celebrating Gogol and the power of irony by revisiting 'The Collected Tales' Jul 26, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
A Family's Remarkable Journey to Freedom -- A Fictional Tale That Reveals Insights During a Dark Period in European History Jul 18, 2009
Calico Dance: Escape to Sweden tells about the life of a hypothetical family as they face the terrors of the Thirty Years' War in their own soil. The year 1631 is the book's focus, soon after the King of Sweden has invaded the German countryside. (Primezone Releases)
Napoleon III and French Foreign Pol... Jul 17, 2009
Napoleon III and French Foreign Policy to 1871. Napoleon III and French Foreign Policy to 1871. (Suite101.com)
E.H. Gombrich's Little History of t... May 16, 2009
E.H. Gombrich's Little History of the World. E.H. Gombrich's Little History of the World. (Suite101.com)
Letters to the editor (5/4/09) May 4, 2009
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PAD premieres Mother Courage and Her Children Apr 17, 2009
Student Life - PAD premieres Mother Courage and Her Children. PAD premieres Mother Courage and Her Children. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
This almost-chosen,almost-pregnant land Mar 17, 2009
Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs. BOOK REVIEW This almost-chosen, almost-pregnant land American Babylon by Richard John Neuhaus. (Asia Times Online)
Hefty servings of Irish cliches Mar 8, 2009
The Thirty Years' War (1618-48), however, significantly advanced the potato's fortunes. The tubers could remain hidden below the earth's surface while armies swept across the continent, plundering grain stores and farm animals. (Boston Globe)
Castles, courtly love in the Rhine Valley Feb 17, 2009
Once among the most prosperous towns in Germany, Rothenburg suffered an outbreak of the plague in the early 1600s and was sacked soon after in the Thirty Years' War. The town never recovered, and as a consequence, little was built; the city is a medieval time capsule of half-timbered houses and arched gateways that pass through the bases of stone towers. (CNN -- Travel)
Mama Nadi Eats First in Lynn Nottages War-Torn Congo Brothel Feb 11, 2009
com: Arts and Culture. Updated: New York, Feb 11 03:23 London, Feb 11 08:23 Tokyo, Feb 11 17:23. (Bloomberg)
Protestant Reformation Movement Feb 10, 2009
How it Started in Europe in the 1500s. It was the catalyst of change Catholics needed to reform the Church at that time. (Suite101.com)
Benedict's tragedy, and Israel's Feb 10, 2009
France emerged as the dominant European power at the end of the terrible Thirty Years' War of 1618-1648, and overthrew Europe's ancient political order, founded on a universal Christian Empire and a universal Catholic Church. In response, the Vatican reluctantly ceded authority to Catholic monarchs, as Professor Russell Hittinger of the University of Tulsa has shown [3. (Asia Times Online)
Renaissance nuns wiped out by plague Feb 7, 2009
Study: Religious orders in France lost lives providing medical care for poor. This collage of images shows the remains and burial sites of some religious order members who died of plague in Renaissance Europe, along with a photo illustrating "the plague dipstick test" used to confirm the presence of the bacteria. (MSNBC -- Technology)
