Project Gutenberg 2009-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 250 Michelet, Jules 1798 1874 Michelet, J. Histoire de France 1618-1661 (Volume 14/19) Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Histoire de France 1618-1661 (Volume 14/19)" by Jules Michelet is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume explores the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years' War, detailing the political landscape and significant figures that influenced France during these thirty years. It aims to offer insights into the complex interplay of power, warfare, and the societal impacts of these events. The beginning of this volume delves into the gravity of the situation in France at the onset of the Thirty Years' War, portraying a society overwhelmed by war, desperation, and the plight of soldiers. The narrative introduces significant characters, including the military marketplace in Eastern Europe, and figures like the mercenary leader Waldstein, who capitalize on the chaos of war. Michelet eloquently describes the brutal realities of warfare, emphasizing the human cost and the transformation of men into commodities, as well as the moral consequences of such an existence. The focus is on the grim struggle for power and survival within the intricate web of alliances and animosities that characterized this dark chapter of French history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr France -- History DC Text FR Histoire Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: French Literature Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 687849 2025-06-12T14:14:59.272352 text/html 672158 2009-12-04T10:41:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 255763 2009-12-04T10:41:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 357013 2025-06-12T14:15:11.656248 application/epub+zip 362936 2025-06-12T14:15:03.392301 application/epub+zip 351063 2025-06-12T14:15:01.699295 application/epub+zip 661075 2025-06-12T14:15:17.717239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611111 2025-06-12T14:15:10.275296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578490 2022-09-14T07:14:29.163950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 636579 2025-06-12T14:14:57.800352 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 620685 2009-12-04T10:41:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 244944 2009-12-04T10:41:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18928 2025-06-12T14:15:17.871223 application/rdf+xml 17460 2025-06-12T14:15:02.289304 image/jpeg 3808 2025-06-12T14:15:01.993308 image/jpeg 334501 2025-06-12T14:14:59.335291 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia