THE WORKS

OF

FREDERICK SCHILLER



Translated from the German



Illustrated


HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR IN GERMANY.





BOOK II.



The resolution which Ferdinand now adopted, gave to the war a new
direction, a new scene, and new actors. From a rebellion in Bohemia,
and the chastisement of rebels, a war extended first to Germany, and
afterwards to Europe. It is, therefore, necessary to take a general
survey of the state of affairs both in Germany and the rest of Europe.