“Protestant propaganda presented the Thirty Years War as a papal crusade, with the Jesuits as the pontiff’s storm troopers.” — Peter H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Though they are now largely silent, the voices from the seventeenth century still speak to us from the innumerable texts and images we are fortunate to possess. They offer a warning of the dangers of entrusting power to those who… — Peter H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“The Swedes captured 5,000 new uniforms, broke into monasteries, held the monks to ransom, and opened the crypts to steal rings from the corpses.… — Peter H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Protestant propaganda presented the Thirty Years War as a papal crusade, with the Jesuits as the pontiff’s storm troopers.” — Peter H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Though they are now largely silent, the voices from the seventeenth century still speak to us from the innumerable texts and images we are… — Peter H. Wilson Copy Share Image