Ebook: Die Reichskreise im Dreißigjährigen Krieg: Kriegsfinanzierung und Bündnispolitik im Heiligen Römischen Reich deutscher Nation

German history has viewed the Thirty Years War as an epoch of decline and collapse of all political order. However, this point of view needs correction, at least with respect to the Imperial Circles. The study shows the great relevance of the Imperial Circles for financing the war and for collaboration between belligerents over the course of the conflict.