History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany & History of the Revolt of the United Netherlands to the Confederacy of the Gueux (The Works of Frederick Schiller, Historical) (Bohn's Standard Library Series Volume 10)
viii, 519 pages. Original green embossed cloth hardcover binding with gold spine lettering. Translated from the German by The Rev. A.J.W. Morrison, M.A. "In Germany, the schisms in the church produced also a lasting political schism, which made that country for more than a century the theatre of confusion, but at the same time threw up a firm barrier against political oppression. It was, too, the Reformation principally that first drew the northern powers, Denmark and Sweden, into the political system of Europe." "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German: ['jo?han 'k??st?f 'f?i?d??ç f?n '??l?]; 10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision."
