Wednesday 23 May 2018

1618 and ‘The Great Confessional War’

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the outbreak of one of the most desperately bloody struggles in European history.  May 1618 would witness the beginning of what would become known as the ‘Thirty Years War’, in what is now the Czech Republic. As part of The National Archives’ ongoing Reformation programme, I set out to explore […]

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